What
follows is both true and untrue at the same time.
How
can this be?
Today,
I woke up late and took my dog Pal to the dog exercise area. Just
normal stuff, but Pal was acting strange at the electrical storage
box there, digging at its edges and shaking his head while doing so.
Strange behavior for him, strange indeed. When we finally arrived at
home, I was exhausted by the heat and couldn’t wait to get into the
air conditioning. I gave Pal his normal treat and went into the
kitchen to make my first cup of coffee. I heard a noise and turned
around to see Pal shaking his head and something came out of his
mouth – BRIGHT YELLOW! It sparkled in the morning sunlight – a
DIAMOND? It was large, and my guess was that it had to be at least a
couple of carats and YELLOW. Wow, my first thought was WOW,
because yellow is the rarest of colors for that gem. Then, I thought-
what should I do with it??? After all, it wasn’t mime, someone had
obviously lost it.
Then
I woke up and quickly jotted down all that I had dreamed. Then a
question came to mind: What would I have I done if the dream had been
reality? I thought of the ten commandments, what Jesus would have
done and lastly, this verse from the book of Hebrews…
Hebrews
12:1 (WEB)
Therefore
let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily
entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
Having
remembered the Scriptures, I would have given Phyllis G. a phone call
and asked her to place a notice in the next association newsletter,
asking if anyone had lost something at the dog-walk.
All
this is true, but not- for the dream never happened. But, in real
life we are faced with questions all the time that involve right and
wrong. Hopefully, we will decide what to do, based on The Bible and
its teachings and not our own whims or greed!