Hambones

This entry is entitled "hambones" because it was inspired by watching my dog Hungry Jack go to town on his special Easter hambone treat. My dad allowed me to give Jack the bone, and boy, was Jack excited about it. All he could do was stare at that hambone licking his chops. I asked him to sit, and then I laid the prized possession in front of him to enjoy. I enjoyed watching him tear into that pig bone with such intensity. Then I reached over to pet my friend who I thought would love me for providing this amazing treat. To my surprise, instead of wagging his tail at his beloved master, he growled at me. Can you believe that? The nerve! He wouldn't even have that bone if it wasn't for my generosity. He's just a dog. Doesn't he realize that the only reason he's enjoying his treat is because of the care of his master? Then it struck me. Are we any better than Hungry Jack? Don't we sometimes snap at God when He wants to have our attention, but all we want to do is gnaw on our hambones? I know deep down that Hungry Jack loves me more than his hambone, but you couldn't tell if he had a hambone in front of him. So let us live our lives in front of the world like our Master means more to us than our hambones. Let's be thankful for and enjoy the hambones in life, but let us also realize that God gives us hambones to show His love to us and invite us into a deeper relationship with Him.