It has taken me a long time to adapt to the fact that Sadie has turned into a real farm dog. She had been my constant companion for four years, a house dog who had never been out without a leash. But those days are history! She now has full run of the land, and believe me, I often find myself feeling way out of my comfort zone as she zips through the maze of the cornfields or makes her way down the gravel road to a deserted hog house, bringing home treats, of course!
One day as I was on my way to the church, I turned onto the highway only to see Sadie's head poking out of the ditch on the opposite side of the road. Now that's half a mile from home. She looked like she was ready for an ambush! Before I knew it, there she was, in the middle of the highway. She ran behind my car and headed up the road, the middle of the road, that is, confidently trotting straight down the yellow line. Needless to say, it scared me to death. When I honked the horn, she only ran faster. I wouldn't have been at all surprised to have seen her flattened on the highway as I made my way home that night. But instead, she came running up to greet me as I drove in. I learned an important lesson that day: Sadie knows where home is, no matter how far she strays, and she will come running as fast as she can when I call her! That makes my heart smile!
Freedom is something that we tend to take for granted, the kind of freedom that Sadie has to wander around at will, that is. But I'm not talking about that kind of freedom. I'm talking about the freedom from sin that gives us the freedom to fully love God. Jesus stepped out of his comfort zone to give us that freedom in his death and resurrection, keeping us from being flattened on the road of sin and enabling us to know the way home. And when we come running as fast as we can when Jesus calls us, we can be certain that it will make his heart smile, too!
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