Now, looking at this title it seems really strange, but if you give it a chance, you may learn more than you thought.
So this story needs a little bit of background, first… this is my dog Daisy.She sleeps in a cozy crate in my room and she is how she looks, joyful, attention seeking and she can’t contain all her love.
Second thing you need to know, is the past few nights I have had a cold and I have been coughing and sneezing a bunch, (TMI But its important
) and because of that Daisy has been crying, scratching and freaking out for hours in her crate when we go to bed. Now, its been two nights of this and I am exhausted but still the Lord decided it was the perfect time to get a message to me.
Last night, I was tired from staying up super late from her crying and i am still sick so i went to bed around 9:45. Daisy got in her little crate and usually she goes right to sleep but once again she cried and whined and scratched but this time it was off and on for 4 hours. 4 HOURS! I had no idea how she had that much energy, i tried ignoring her at first and listening to music but she just kept going. After 4 hours, all i wanted to do is sleep, so I got her out of her crate and let her calm down a little bit.
I decided that the only way I may get to sleep is if she could choose where she wanted to sleep and somewhere she felt safe. So i ended up going downstairs to sleep on my couch so she could do just that. Lets just say it was a whole other journey when we went downstairs.
Everytime I would Cough or sneeze or the house would move, she would jump on top of me, lick my face until I talked to her and then laid on me in alert until she thought I was safe. And this was EVERY SINGLE TIME, and being sick it happened a lot. After a while she ended up sleeping for the first time the whole night between me and the couch.
It was 2:00 am by now, and in the dead of night was when Jesus whispered to my heart and spoke to me. When I say he spoke to me, for me its not audible, i can usually tell when something is from him when my heart feels lighter and something comes to my mind that definitely was not was I was thinking. And I can tell you last night, this was the last thing I was thinking.
I heard him say, ” This is what relationship looks like with me, its uncomfortable. And when you don’t understand, it can be exhausting, confusing and even a little bit of frustration. But all you have to do is trust me. I just want to love you, protect you, keep you safe, comfort you and so much more. I want you to see me and in seeing me know that you are not so alone”
Wow. It was so random and a message that I so needed when I least expected it. I hope that this message may mean something to you as much as it means to me. Thank you for sticking with me through this chaotic story. Our God is SO good.
much love,
Delaney
praise the Lord!!