AN OL' MAN AND A DOG

SHOULD I DARE SAY THAT I LONG FOR ANOTHER DOG BECAUSE OF THE LOVELY MEMORIES WE HAVE OF OUR SINCE BELOVED GOLDEN RETRIEVER (SIR HAPPY JACK ) & OUR MIXED BREED LAB/SHEPARD (MISS DAISY ) . IT ALL BEGAN YESTERDAY WHEN OUR 88 YEAR OLD, RECENTLY WIDOWED NEIGHBOR FRANK CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE WITH A REALLY PRETTY DOG NAMED HENNA ....... YOU SAY HOW DID AN 88 YEAR OLD MAN COME UPON A BEAUTY LIKE THAT ......WELL, HE INFORMED ME THAT A FRIEND ASKED HIM TO DOG SIT FOR THE WEEK. AT FIRST WHILE WE SPOKE, FRANK WAS A BIT PERTURBED BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE THIS DOG FOR A WHOLE 7 DAYS (AS YOU WOULD EXPECT ) ...... AND IT WOULD BE KIND TO SAY THIS DOG HAD THE STENCH OF AN OL' FISH TOWEL !!!!! AS WE CHATTED AND PLAYED WITH THE DOG RESENTMENTS FADED ...... FRANK WENT HOME AND I WENT TO BED ....... ONLY TO AWAKEN THIS MORNING THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS DOG TRULY WOULDN'T BE A BEAUTY 'TIL SHE HAD A BATH . WEATHER FORECAST : RAIN !! LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW I SEE THIS OL' WIDOWED MAN WALKING THIS BEAUTY , THUNDER & ALL !! SEEING THIS TOOK MY THOUGHTS TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS 2:18-24 ,WHERE THE LORD GOD PLACED ADAM IN THE GARDEN WITH THE EXISTING ANIMALS , TO BE OVER THEM AND NAME THEM ,YET ADAM HAD NO SUITABLE HELPMATE ...... ADAM ENJOYED THE ANIMALS BUT BECAUSE HE WAS MADE IN GODS IMAGE (GENESIS 1 :27) HE LONGED FOR A SUITABLE HELPMATE ....... SO YOU SEE , THE ANIMALS CAN BE A GREAT SOURCE OF COMFORT FOR US ,HOWEVER BECAUSE WE ARE MADE IN GODS IMAGE , HE LONGS FOR US TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM .HE ALSO WANTS US TO RECIPROCATE THAT & CULTIVATE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AS WE DO THAT WE BEGIN TO LEARN THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT ........ WOULDN'T TODAY BE A GOOD DAY TO REACH OUT AND FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY LIKE FRANK ......OR MAYBE REKINDLE A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO OTHER OBSESSIONS IN OUR LIVES...... TRUST THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE .MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS, SUMMER