Janet & I have been blessed and cursed with the responsibility of keeping our daughter’s dog, MAX.  The blessing is that he’s a really sweet dog with kids and adults.  The curse is his howling, digging up the yard, and his snoring (really loud snoring).

But I observed something from Max that was another blessing yesterday.  I realized how much he wants to be near me (or other people in our family).  As I was having my quiet time yesterday, he crawled up in a small space beside me to get as close as possible and lay his head down on my feet.  A little later as I sat on the back porch to have some solitude and meditate on a passage of scripture, he jumped up in the chair beside me and kept his eyes on me.  Yes I gave him some attention, then went back to my time of solitude.  Max, just stayed there – close to me – in my presence – the entire time.  He wanted / needed to be near me.  He rests best near me.  He wants and needs my attention.

As I sat there in silence, the light bulb went off.  I need to be more like Max when it comes to my desire for my Heavenly Father.  Maybe the same is true for you.