Prodigal: Give God what’s right, not what’s left.

Me: Yes, Lord guide us to what is right.

This is from Sandy Seltzer

Dustin, my California-bred guide dog, was having trouble outside our Long Island apartment. This was his first snow storm and he was confused. I’m blind, and I wasn’t doing so well either. No one was out, so there were no sounds to steer me. Contrary to what many people think, guide dogs do not find the way for a blind person. The blind person directs the dog.

After a harrowing forty-five minutes, Dustin and I finally made it back. But guide dogs must be walked regularly. “Next time why don’t you ask God to go with you?” a friend suggested. And so I did. “Lord, go with Dustin and me. The wind is so fierce it’s hard to concentrate on our direction. Lead us.”

Snow stung our faces and it was difficult to make a path. Dustin whined a little. “Okay, boy,” I said to him, “the Lord is with us.” And then I gave him a command that a blind person gives only when another person is leading the way: “Dustin, follow!”

Dustin perked up and to my astonishment took off as though he knew exactly where to go. We made it to the street, then headed back to our building–no problem.

A young woman trudged up and offered to walk us to our door. “We’ll just follow your footprints,” she said. “Yours and the dog’s, and that other person’s.”

“What other person?” I asked.

“There’s a dog’s prints. And your prints. And a larger person’s prints. Wasn’t someone with you?”

I paused for a moment and then I answered, “Oh yes, there was Someone with us.” There always is.

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. Nehemiah 4:17 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

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