When You Need to Soothe Those Sore Places

Great day y’all, puppies are a whole lot of work.

Georgie chews and chews on everything within reach of her paws and jaws. {I’m watching her right now go to town on a bell pepper plant from our garden. Whimper.} Of course we have super awesome chew toys for her, and they will do if they are within reach. Even then, her ADD puppy self finds wood, bark, rocks, legos, undies, flip-flops, and garden plants fair game. She isn’t picky. But should she find herself without anything to chew, she’ll plow over the trash can. In her doggy view, the trash can holds the Disney World booty of chew toy options.

Oh, how she loves herself some quality time with the trash can.

She has a one track mind: do whatever it takes to soothe those sore baby teeth. But still, not all “chew toys” are created equal and some soothe better than others.

I wonder if we people are the same? We all have sore places, and we anxiously sniff for something to soothe them. But we can be lazy and just go for what’s close: television, magazines, or an endless ADD cycle of facebook, twitter, and email. Those things are just fine in and of themselves; heaven knows I enjoy them all. But run to them and only them {all the time} and I’m just searching through the trash can for a quick fix. I’m forgetting the one thing that really satisfies the soul-ache: God’s living and enduring Word.

May we wisely choose to chew on what edifies and encourages us, what really soothes the sore places.

{And may Georgie lose her love affair with the trash can. Amen.}