i am reminded of the old alfred e. nuemann cartoon..."what? me worry?"  seriously...why do i bother to worry about anything?  if i would just continue to let God lead the way and not try to be such a control freak, i'd realize that HE is the only one that's in control and HE is the only one that should be directing my life...SOOOOOOO...why do i continue to worry?

as i was once again trying to direct stella on her leash this morning to stay away (AGAIN) from the ick leftover neighbor's dog "stuff", it struck me that it's very similar to my relationship with God...okay, allow me to explain...

i imagine myself on this long (as in no end in sight, long) tether between myself and God...when i choose to walk beside Him and follow Him without question, our walk together is a great one.  i am able to look around and appreciate all that is in my sight/life and see all that is before me with excitement and anticipation.  however, when i continue to try and force myself to go the other way or to try and get into the "icky" stuff, He gently tugs on the tether to bring me back around.  although, sometimes, i think He probably gets frustrated and finally just says "ok, get into that crap" and lets me faulter until i've had enough and realize that any time i try to control the direction we're walking, it only leads to a large pile of crap!


as stella learns to follow me, her master, i will continue to learn to follow Christ...no questions asked...it's amazing how little less crap there is to wash off the bottom of my shoe when i do this...