I had just come home from morning service at church when I noticed that the dog had made a mess. She had gotten into the garbage and pulled out some stuff that no one would really wanted to clean up. And to make it worse, this was not the first time she had done this. So, I pointed to the mess and said sternly to my dog, “What is this?” She immediately looked at me and put her tail between her legs and drooped her head acting real sorrowful. I decided as I walked into my bedroom and sat down that since this was not the first time she had done this that she should have to wait and suffer being bad for a while before I was going to forgive her and let her be a good dog again.

At this moment, the Lord spoke to me loud and clear, “Don’t you not forgive that dog!”

I should have been surprised that God was speaking to me about my dog, but I was more upset at what she had done, AGAIN, and was not interested in forgiving her at that moment. So, I responded to the Lord, “But God, she made a mess.”

The Lord replied, “Don’t you not forgive that dog!”

Again, I was not happy with this situation. Couldn’t God see that she had again gotten into the garbage for like the fiftieth time and she needed to be taught a lesson. I replied, “But God.”

The Lord interrupted me, “She has come to you sorrowful, repentant and asking for forgiveness, don’t you not forgive her.”

At this point, I should have, I should have listened to the Lord, but I didn’t and burst out almost in anger and said, “But she made a big mess again for like the fiftieth time, she needs to be punished.”

And then the Lord said something to me that hit me to the very core. He said, “The next time you mess up and come to me all sorrowful and repentant and asking for forgiveness, would you like me to not forgive you so you can be taught a lesson?”

Well, that did it for me. With some tears forming in my eyes, I replied, “No sir!”

God added, “Now, don’t you not forgive that dog.”

Immediately, I called her up on the bed and asked her if she was sorry. She licked my cheek, which is what we have established as her saying she was sorry, and then I told her she was a good puppy again and forgave her.

What struck me about this was how much God was serious about forgiveness and how no matter how many times we come to him having fallen, stumbled, and sinned again for even the fiftieth time, he will always forgive us. And he calls us to do the same.

Ok, this video totally rocks. It is a must see.

In the How Sad Is This column, GameStation in the UK announced that it legally owns thousands of souls.

Thinking about this, what is probably even sadder is that I rarely read the Terms and Conditions of the software that I install therefore I would fall prey to this as well. It just goes to show you that you really should read everything you sign and agree too.

In the How Sad is this column, GameStation in the UK announced that it legally owns thousands of souls.

I was sent a message of encouragement which no matter who you are we all need. I recall one time when I got a message for my Pastor and I thought, “Surely he knows this.” And he did. But God kept prompting me and finally I called him and gave him the message. It encouraged him so much because at that moment and at that specific battle in his life he needed that message. And we all need messages of encouragement. This why the Bible says:

So, while I was replying to this brother, I had a thought and it got me to laughing and we all know how important laughter is.

So, I thought I would share what was on my mind that got me to laughing so that all can have a good laugh over it.

There is a quote from my favorite television series of all time.

When I thought of this I just started thanking and praising Jesus as I chuckled. The reason is because I counted the following. Each of my three kids are under attack, my wife is under attack with her health, my health is under attack, my work is under attack, our finances are under attack and to top it off our apartment is under attack from bed bugs (or something like it). By my count that is at least 8 fronts. So the devil must be “heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots” (which we know) to fight a spiritual war against one of God’s children on so many fronts. LOL!!!!!

So, count how many fronts the devil is attack you on and then have a good laugh and tell him to go to hell.