Patience and Commitment or Was that a Squirrell?????

I wish that people I knew had the same patience and commitment that Arkeo has. She is getting along quite well after her surgery but is chafing at the bit to go out on squirrel patrol. She patiently sits at the back door waiting and watching during daylight hours, conserving her strength when its dark, knowing she can't see all the way to the back fence. But in her mind she hears the scampering of little paws running across the tops of the fence and she waits.

Many a morning Arkeo would spend hours sitting at the fence just waiting. Committed to "protect the yard" against those bushy-tailed little devils. She sits and she waits. Rain or shine. Watching. Eyes traveling back and forth. Always prepared. Ready to jump and run.

What are we as committed about or to? Family, church, work, God? For those of us who have dogs - how often do we train them? Heard a statistic last night that church members attend worship services 1.8 weeks out of the month. When I was in the military we figured that the average airman worked 68% of the workday. We start out strong, but there isn't a lot we are passionate about these days. Someone jokingly (or not so jokingly) said about the airline security, most of us are not the type to strap bombs on ourselves and I thought that in a way that it is sad, not to have something in our life that we are willing to wait for, be committed to be there 4 times out of 4 times for.  Just think how exciting life would be.

So I challenge you to go out and find your own personal squirrel patrol. Wait for it and be committed to it and then run after it for all you are worth.

And in the mean time - let's keep all four paws on the ground.