The Parable of the Disobedient Doggy

Once upon a time, there was a beagle who left home at an early age.  Thinking she could figure things out on her own, this dog began to develop poor habits as a puppy.  Before she came to her senses, Autumn spent 7 years living on the streets, begging for food, knocking over trash cans and scavenging through whatever her nose desired.

Adopted by a loving family, Autumn didn’t know how to respond.  Despite 2 years of training, Autumn could not break her bad habits, using the bathroom wherever and whenever she felt like it.  Despite using every trick in the book to change her unnatural addictions, her parents lost hope in Autumn, believing she would never change.

As I think about the damage our dog has done to our home, sometimes I wonder if God sees us in the same light.  Every day we seem to take one step forward, then three steps back, unable to break free from our sinful desires.  Solomon had a similar perspective during his life, “as a dog returns to its own vomit, so a fool repeats his own folly, Proverbs 26:11.  Like David, entangled in sin, we need to cry out to God, Psalm 51:10-12, to sets us free from a disobedient heart.  Let him or her who has ears, hear!

by Jay Mankus