Walkin the Dog...

Tonight I took my puppy for a walk. And while walking through my somewhat quiet neighborhood, I was watching as my dog would always put his nose to the ground and get way ahead of me. I always made him come back, and would sometimes get a little frustrated by it, but he is a puppy so I couldn't be to mad, he is just learning. The funny thing about this though, was that he would get ahead of me, stop, look back at me, and then wait for me to catch up. I couldn't help but compare this to my walk with God. I just kept thinking about how the Dog Whisperer, my mom's favorite, says the dog should walk with its head up and right at your side. This past sunday at church, the pastor was saying how so often we go ahead of God, and forget that He is there. And then when we can't go any further on our own, we ask Him to come back. Sort of like what my puppy would do. He'd get to the end of the leash, and then look at me and wait for me to get closer to him so that he could once again reach the end of the leash. In terms of the Dog Whisperer, I need to be the pack leader of my dog, but when it comes to my faith, I need to be a part of the pack, where God is the leader. How often do we try and do things on our own, get to the end of our leash, and then realize oh hey God, I can use your help now, wanna come closer? I don't know about you, but I am sick of living this way. Nothing ever ends up right, and I just end up in well, a mess! Anyone want to join me on living at God's side instead of all the way in front of Him?