Happiness is warm puppy

That's how Charles Schultz described happiness; a warm puppy. Well; I can relate. We had at least one dog through more than half of our marriage. In the last dozen years or so, life happened; including a son who developed allergies to pet dander. We gave it a go about 7 years back, but his system couldn't take it. That all changed about 2 weeks ago. A cute little stray ended up in our home for a few hours. Mitch didn't react. The pooch was delightful. The owner posted signs and we obviously had to give the dog back. But we had the bug. We've been checking around for a couple of weeks and visiting shelters looking for a dog to rescue. We brought one home yesterday. Who could resist that little face? I was reminded this morning of a few lessons to be learned from "man's best friend" and their connection to my relationship to my master, Jesus. I ...