A little girl with long brown, slightly wavy hair stepped out her back screen door and ran to her neighbors gate, giggling happily. At the same time, almost as if knowing the little girl was there, waiting for him, a beautiful golden dog came bounding across his yard, coming as close to the gate as possible. The little girl bravely stuck her hand through the gate, grinning happily as the dog slobbered her hand in dog slobber. But this little girl didn't care. The relationship between this dog and this girl wasn't a new one. They'd been doing this daily for months, no matter what the season. In the winter, the little girl would take a stick and write "Best Friends Forever" in the freshly laden snow, underlining it. Whenever new, fresh snow covered the words up, the little girl made sure to write it again. Before long, this dog grew so attached to the little girl, he tried to dig his way out of his fence, so they could run around together and play. Spending hours digging, he finally created a hole big enough to fit his head under, but no more. Whining sadly, he looked into the girl's eyes and pleaded for her to help. So, shoveling snow aside, she did her best. But soon, the dog's owners put fresh soil in the hole, covering up all of the two best friend's work. As the years drifted past, the little girl came out less and less, becoming busy with school. Soon, it was a surprise when she came out, no longer a daily, yet exciting, event. It seemed she had forgotten about him.
Are we like the little girl to God? First becoming quickly attached, becoming best friends with Him before long. But then, slowly, as the years drift past, draw farther and farther apart? At first the little girl and dog seemed inseparable. Everyone who observed commented saying, "That girl and dog sure have an amazing bond. Surely not age or years could draw them apart." Yet somehow they did. The little girl with the amazing bond with the dog was me six years ago. Don't let your bond with God draw apart as I did with the bond to my neighbor's dog. Don't let yourself drift away from God, rather cling to Him, draw closer to Him as the years go on, not farther away.
Kayla Joy
