Without wavering, the dogs stayed committed to their laying position on the floor. Given their "down" command, they knew what to do. We walked over them and around them. We poked them, played with their ears, pulled their tails and anything else agitating our kids could do, and the dogs stayed on the floor. They knew their job and they stuck to it, no matter what.
This practice in commands and obedience - one of the many that we reviewed today - speaks to me about standing firm when the pressures of life come on, like those times temptation is all around me, and the agitating and sometimes painful things of life prod me. I'm tempted to give in to the things this world can throw at me, thus feeling discouraged, defeated and depressed. I can overcome these things by standing firm in the things that I know to be true. I can stand firm in my faith. But, like these dogs, it takes lots and lots of practice. And the practice does show after time.
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