Bathtime for Ginger
Now this is love.
Ginger hates baths. If I touch the hose in the backyard she scampers to the door hoping someone will rescue her and open the door. Fortunately she is one of the cleanest dogs I know (outside of the fact that she sheds 24/7). To be honest, I don't know the last time that Mike and I gave her a bath.
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Mike loves Ginger. This was his idea of helping Ginger with her winter bath. He chose to put on his swim trunks. He chose to sit in the bath with her. He chose to reassure her that everything was okay.
She still didn't like the bath but it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
"This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins." 1 John 4:10 GW
Jesus Christ has climbed into the tub with us. He wraps his arms around us in our fear and anxiety. He bears the wounds of our sin. He makes us clean. Why? Because he loves us. He loves you.
It doesn't mean that we always like the bath we receive from our God, but he loves us enough to get into our tub.
Ginger hates baths. If I touch the hose in the backyard she scampers to the door hoping someone will rescue her and open the door. Fortunately she is one of the cleanest dogs I know (outside of the fact that she sheds 24/7). To be honest, I don't know the last time that Mike and I gave her a bath.
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Mike loves Ginger. This was his idea of helping Ginger with her winter bath. He chose to put on his swim trunks. He chose to sit in the bath with her. He chose to reassure her that everything was okay.
She still didn't like the bath but it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
"This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins." 1 John 4:10 GW
Jesus Christ has climbed into the tub with us. He wraps his arms around us in our fear and anxiety. He bears the wounds of our sin. He makes us clean. Why? Because he loves us. He loves you.
It doesn't mean that we always like the bath we receive from our God, but he loves us enough to get into our tub.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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