The little puppy with a big name

We got a new puppy in November.  We have had him since he was six weeks old and he will be four months old on February 4th.  You can see from the picture that he is a wiener dog and if you look close you might see a bit of mischief in the eyes.  Samson is his name.  He barks like a big boy but runs at the first sign of trouble.  Sometimes he has trouble making the right choice.  The other day he was running back and forth between Richard and I but could not make up his mind which one of us would be the right choice so he just laid down in the middle.  Samson being the puppy he is doesn't always make the right choices.  If something is left laying on the floor it will be chewed and sometimes destroyed.  He sometimes makes the wrong choice about the place to go potty.  We have hope that he will soon learn to make the right choice.

There is another Samson born long ago.  You can read about him starting in Judges 13.  He too had trouble knowing what choice to make.  He almost seems like he walked into trouble on purpose. It seems that this Samson was also full of mischief.  He sometimes made choices that led him into big trouble.  Most of the time he was able to get out of that problem but one of his last choices led him to blindness and imprisonment.  His last choice led him back into the arms of God.

Where do your choices lead you?  Are you led into trouble or into the arms of God?

Will you choose truth or will you just lay down in the middle?

John 14:6-7

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know^[a] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Proverbs 8:10-11

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver,
    knowledge rather than choice gold,
¹¹ for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.