On this Autumn Lord’s Day I am excited to introduce a new guest writer, Beth Alisan who writes beautiful doggy themed devotionals. I have been a big fan of Beth’s blog for some time, her lovely pastoral stories about her life with Adi the labrador always share great spiritual truths. I would heartily recommend making time to read Lessons From A Lab, I am sure it will bless you.
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. The Lord is the strength of his people, . . .”
Psalms 28: 7-8a
You know the dog who sits next to you begging to be pet, and the longer you pet the more it leans into you. Well, Adi’s lean is more like a sprawl. It begins when she curls up next to me. Slowly she uncurls, leaning an ever increasing amount of her body against mine until her body is completely resting against or across me. She knows two things. I’m big enough to support her and will never push her away.
Recently when a wave of frustration threatened to wipe out my shrinking patience, the Lord called to mind Adi’s lean. He was reminding me that no matter how much I needed to lean into Him for patience, He was strong enough to support me and would keep me close. Just like Adi, the longer I lean the more comfort and peace I draw from His presence.
I share this as an encouragement. No matter what wave is rolling your way, lean into Jesus. He’s got you, and He wants you right by His side.
- Guddling in The Bible
- Personal Famine
- Praying Through The Storms
- God Is God Wherever You Are
- Going Fishing
Great analogy, Beth. As Adi is with you, so I am with the Lord. There is no more comforting place for me than leaning into Him as close as I can be.
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Thank you GW!
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Simple and straight to a beautiful point. This is classic Beth! God can handle our lean. Hallelujah and Amen! Thanks for featuring one of my favorite writers here on Word Press, Alan! God’s best to you, Susan and family. 🙏❤️
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Thank you brother David, may God bless you richly today.
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Beautiful post and photos. Thanks so much. 🤗
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Beautiful, love this!!!! I can totally relate to this with my puppy and how I need to lean into the Everlasting Arms. Thank you Alan for having Beth guest post for you!!
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Thank you Mandy, it thrills me to have Beth submit guest posts. Yes…plural, I have another one in reserve!
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Beautiful. Thank you. Music reminder is also appreciated very much.
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Thank you Faye.
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Thank you Alan for allowing me to share a Lesson from a Lab on your blog. It’s quite humbling to have a lesson tucked among the outstanding writings on your blog. You have been such an encouragement to me in my writing. I am so blessed to have such wonderful brother in Christ.
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God is our source Beth, and boy is He good to us sister!😁
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Brilliant example! Great post
Andy B
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Alan, thanks for sharing Beth’s post. This is excellent and I cannot say it any better than others who’ve already expressed their admiration.
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Thank you Manette, God bless you sister.
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I believe this is the exact post that I needed to read today! Sometimes, we do feel like a huge wave is about to overtake us. When we ‘lean in’ to Jesus, we feel a calm that blesses us in any storm. We know that we will be okay.
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That is excellent news Linda, our Father God’s timing is always perfect. God bless you sister.
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Thank you Beth!
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I’m so glad that you enjoyed the lesson SlimJim!
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Thank you for writing this Beth
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A great song to go with a great truth!
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Yes it is, Beth picked one of my favourites without knowing it with this song.
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