The Stray That No One Wanted
April 6, 2008
Earlier this week a stray dog walked up to the church and dared to seek mercy from the people of God. He is a pure bred sooner. He would just as soon be a beagle as a basset hound. It is obvious that his best days are behind him. His collar has a telephone number on it. When I called the number no one knew anything about the dejected dog. We fed him a meal, sent him on his way with all our love, and warned him never to come back. He will make someone a good dog, just not me.
This dog’s story is similar to that of many Christians. It doesn’t matter if we are born with a silver spoon in our mouth or on the wrong side of the tracks, we are all worthless strays. Let this thought soak in: God loves us as we are not as we should be. We all have hundreds of traits that make us undesirable. What does Jesus think about people? “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd” (Mathew 9:36). We are not moved with compassion as we should be for the lost sheep of America. Does a stray soul dare to crawl before the church. Will they simply find another ton of dejection to carry around on their back, or will they find a people of God who love God, and consequently love them. We must learn to love people for the same reason we would love a fallen son or daughter. We love people because no matter how mangled their lives are Jesus loves them because they are made in the image of God. Do we reach out to those who cross our path or simply send them on their way hoping someone else will have compassion on them? By the way, I found the stray dead 2 hours after I wrote this.
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