So usually we have always hooked Gizmo up and walked him, instead of letting him go outside by himself…but the reason being is because he was raised in the truck over the road…but anyhow I would say maybe the last 6 months or so Erik started to let him go out by himself, and at first we would stand and watch him to make sure that he wouldn’t go anywhere..and he didn’t he was pretty good about staying where we could see him…but this last month, he begin to go further away from the house and wonder to the side of the house…so I said well that’s fine as long he isn’t going towards the road he’ll be fine…so now we just let him out and we go back through house and open the blinds and I’ll go start the coffee…and go back to get him..but this morning was a different story…I go through the house and do the regular morning ritual and come back to let him in and he is no where in sight…so of course I go out and look over into the neighbors yard, and walk back and look in the field, look towards the road and by the time my heart is aching and my heart is hurting…and I was in full blown panic mode…because I thought something had done happened to our little dog…and my voice began to get louder and louder for him..and still no Gizmo…so I begin to pray..and pray some more…and finally out back towards my Myrtle’s home comes Gizmo creeping around the corner…I was angry at him but all at the same time I was so happy and relived that he was alive and well!!! Praise the Lord!!!…but I thought about us as children of the Lord and at how we know where our safety place is with God…we know what it that we should be doing and them things that we shouldn’t be doing…and just as Gizmo he kept on going further and further away from home…because he thought that it would be okay…but it wasn’t…yes he did make it back home safe and sound..but the problem is he doesn’t know the dangers that are lurking out there and that can harm him..kinda like us we forget just what all is out there in this world…and just what all sin can do in our lives…so for some people in their walks with God they begin to wonder..and they go a little further and further away from the Lord…not realizing or even thinking of the consequences or them things that can happen and take place..so I was reminded of the prodigal son whom wanted to leave the fathers house and take all of his earthly goods and go out into the world…so His father divided and gave him what belonged to him and let him go…just like the Lord He doesn’t make us serve Him and or love Him..that all falls back into our laps as free will…so the son the bible says took his journey into a far country, and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want….so he ended up with nothing…all alone out there in this foreign land…no one knew whom he was…and probably no one seemed to care all that much..so he ended up the word of the Lord says working for a citizen of that country…and the man sent him out to feed the pigs…and as he feed the pigs he himself would eat…because he was so hungry..so he would fill his belly up with pig slop, because the that no man gave unto him…so one day the man came to himself and said within himself that I am going to go back to my Fathers house, and let Him know that I have sinned against Him..and that I am no longer worthy to be called His son…and ask my Father if He would just let me be a hired servant…so the man rose up and he went to his Father..and  the bible says that he was yet a great way off, and his Father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him…and the Father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and let us be merry: For my son was dead, and is now alive again; he was lost, and now is he found…Luke 15:11-32….so I guess my point in which I am trying to make today is this…I don’t know if your saved…I don’t know if you’ve drifted away from the Lord and backslide…but one thing I do know is that the Lord is always searching you out, and the Lord is always waiting on you to return and come home…for the bible says today is the day of salvation..2 Corinthians 6:2…and that our lives are but a vapor, it appears for a little time and then it vanishes away..James 4:14…so if you don’t know God and or if you know that your not where you need to be in your walk, then always know that you can turn around at any given time and make your way back to our Father, our Heavenly Father…for He is waiting just as the father was waiting on the prodigal son, the same with our Lord he is waiting for you to come to Him…because our lives were never meant to be lived without Jesus Christ…so make it right with God…for that is the best and most wonderful thing that you can ever do in all of your life…and that is to be right with Jesus….so ask Jesus to forgive ya, and wash ya, and cleanse ya, and make ya whole…and guys He will do just that…for our Lord is faithful…and He says that whosever will call upon His name they shall be saved..Romans 10:13…for you see God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life…John 3:16…so call on the Lord..for He, Himself is personally waiting on you…In Jesus’ name I do ask and pray!! Amen and Amen!! Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi