Trust
My wife and I rescued a rabbit from the wild. Had we not intervened she would have died and not be well over 1 year old as she is now.
It's kind of interesting to me to see her. She is getting tamer and tamer as time goes by.
She knows where her food comes from. (and believe me she eats better than 99% of domestic rabbits)
She knows that we give her good things.
She knows that we let her have free reign of our apartment, hours upon hours a day, except she's not allowed in the room.
Yet, despite all of the good provisions we have given this little rabbit: life, food, shelter, love, attention, spoiling, and so on and so on, she still doesn't trust us completely.
She still tries to run in the bedroom the second the door cracks open.
Even though she is treated better than 99% of all rabbits, she still runs away when we try to pet her and so on.
She initiates attention on her terms.
Sometimes I feel like I treat God that way. I have many, many good gifts in life, but still I have a tendancy to not trust him, and sometimes, even to look the other way and do my own thing.
And it's funny really, I see this played out in my little bunny, and do it myself. All the while God sees me as more than a pet; I'm his child, and sometimes I wander, yet he keeps loving, feeding, caring, protecting and keeping me.
Life is beautiful.
It's kind of interesting to me to see her. She is getting tamer and tamer as time goes by.
She knows where her food comes from. (and believe me she eats better than 99% of domestic rabbits)
She knows that we give her good things.
She knows that we let her have free reign of our apartment, hours upon hours a day, except she's not allowed in the room.
Yet, despite all of the good provisions we have given this little rabbit: life, food, shelter, love, attention, spoiling, and so on and so on, she still doesn't trust us completely.
She still tries to run in the bedroom the second the door cracks open.
Even though she is treated better than 99% of all rabbits, she still runs away when we try to pet her and so on.
She initiates attention on her terms.
Sometimes I feel like I treat God that way. I have many, many good gifts in life, but still I have a tendancy to not trust him, and sometimes, even to look the other way and do my own thing.
And it's funny really, I see this played out in my little bunny, and do it myself. All the while God sees me as more than a pet; I'm his child, and sometimes I wander, yet he keeps loving, feeding, caring, protecting and keeping me.
Life is beautiful.
posted by Bobby's blog at 12:09 PM
2 Comments:
Your rabbit sounds adorable. You think you could maybe post a picture of her on your blog???
I think Bunny would like that... she loves having her picture taken, and we have many to prove it!
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