Last Sunday morning, the 17th, we let our 2 dogs out in the fenced backyard while we got ready for church. They are big dogs, a full blooded lab, Bear and a lab/mastiff mix, Brinks. After a short time, we noticed that they were no longer in the yard. We looked for them for days and put fliers up everywhere. Nobody had seen them since they escaped. Joy and the boys rode and called for hours. We hiked all of the woods around our home and found no sign of them. We had several false alarms as people called with dog sightings only to find out they were not ours.
Then on Saturday morning, a full week since they had vanished, a lady called and said that she thought our dogs were in her yard. She had remembered a flier we left at the Vet's and called them for our number. I was skeptical since we had false alarms before and because a week had passed. She gave us directions to her subdivision which was 6-7 miles away.
We pulled up in her yard minutes later and there they were! It was actually them. You've never seen 2 dogs that were happier to see a family or a family happier to see 2 dogs. They are a little worse for wear. It appears they had been in a pretty big fight. Brinks needed to go straight to the Vet and have a wound on his side checked but they are both home now safe and sound.
So, as many of us prepare to start a new chapter in life through adoption, don't forget to be thankful for what we already have. God has blessed us beyond anything that we could have imagined. He amazes us everyday, not only with the big things but with many small things. Take time each day to stop and look around to see all that He has done. Make it a purpose each day to tell Him how thankful you are for all He does for you. It helps to keep us grounded and reminds us of who is in charge and how much He loves us.
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