We have a puppy in the house now. (Another due soon!) Puppies are a reminder that change is good.

Dealing with a puppy is interesting. She plays with a toy only as long as something else doesn't show up that is different. She craves change. New, new, new. The bone that was good two minutes ago is not adequate now. There must be a new one, preferably the one upon which the older dog has settled his energies. She is indignant when he won't give her his. She insists, even risking that smile with the extra teeth he's showing. She howls with ingratitude, ignoring the bone two feet from her.

Now, many of us do this same routine with God. We find a new thing. It is good for a moment. Someone else has something flashier or even, just different. We have to have it. Our old one is still there. But the NEW one! Aye, there's the rub! Gotta have it. And He's unfair because He won't give it to me. Now I have to be bitter and whiny towards God because He didn't ......

Ever seen a child in a grocery cart grabbing things off the shelf? Same principle. That child has no need for a new pot scrubber or seven boxes of brownies. But that child grabs at it because it is different.....new.

So, question for thought: What is the difference between a new thing, a different thing, and a change of things? Let me know what you think.