Runaway Dog and Pajamas

You know, the Holy Spirit is funny sometimes. This morning I woke up early with the littlest, fed her and went to put her back to bed. As I layed her down and walked out I felt him prompting me to put on my jeans and get dressed for the day. I paused. Naaaaahhhh. I don't want to move around anymore and risk waking up a sleeping baby. I'll just put them on when she gets up. Pajamas and coffee it is. 

The morning moved at breakneck pace as usual. Getting kids up, feeding them breakfast and tackling the kitchen. It had thundered and rained earlier in the morning so I waited to let our dogs out until after it was over. We have two schnauzers, one is named Ruby. She is notorious for freaking out when there's anything resembling thunder or rain. Shakes, pants, hides. We have tried everything to help this poor dog. Knowing the storm had passed, I pulled her out and forced her to go outside. For the love of my carpet, of course.

 I went back to the kitchen and continued loading the dishwasher when my son came running up announcing that Ruby had gotten out of the backyard. Yet another thing she's become notorious for. I grabbed my phone, bolted out the garage telling my children to "Watch Mommy from the window!" in as happy of a tone as I could manage. Maybe if they thought it was some fun game they would refrain from doing something like removing all of the items from the pantry and hiding them around the house.

There I was, y'all. Running across soaking wet yards in my tshirt, lumberjack plaid pajama pants, flip flops and my hair in a bun bouncing like crazy as I yelled "Ruby!" and wildly clapped my hands. Oh boy.

Say it with me. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

My children watched from the window as mommy hunted up their precious Ruby. As amused as they were, I wasn't. Not until I came back inside and He said to me, "Hey, remember how I told you to put those jeans on this morning?" Yes. Yes, I do. :-) After all, He is the God of details. Nothing escapes Him. And His grace is huge- because right after I retrieved the dog and came inside, it began to pour again. Have a great day!

Reunited and now in need of a bath.

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

 

^{Matthew 18:12} “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? ¹³ And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. ¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.