Appreciating seven years will make you love eternity
It was my son Joshua who pointed out to me that dog time is unlike ours. One year to me is equal to seven years to Vito. What that means is whenever I go on an errand for an hour it’s like seven hours to Vito. A day away is a week to him. A week is seven weeks and so forth.
Loyalty times seven
This means Vito is inclined to miss me seven times more than I do him. In the evening when I come home I have barely opened the front door of the house and there he is eagerly waiting to greet me.
Typing in my desk I find him snuggled under the wheels of my swivel chair, waiting till I’m done.
Every time I eat he finds his way under the table, wanting to be part of the commune. When I watch TV he sits beside me and he looks intently at the screen as if he understands.
He wholeheartedly keeps pace when I take him for a walk even though my one step is equal to three of his. Huffing and panting but almost saying, “where else do you want to go? Loyalty multiplied times seven.
Man’s best Friend
No wonder dogs have been called a man’s best friend. What is an hour wait for me means enduring seven-hours for him. And after all that waiting he acknowledges I have missed you so much my friend. And each time I am with him he enjoys every hour seven times more.
As I pondered dog time, I got to thinking of God’s time. If to Vito one day is equal to seven, the Bible says that to God one day is equal to a thousand years (2Peter3:8).
All that means is that God is inclined to miss us millions of times more than we miss Him. His loyalty and devotion to us is not seven times greater but gazillions of times more. In other words it is sooo very, very, much more.
This also means God cannot be rivaled as man’s ultimate true best Friend.
My only wish
But the significance of God’s time does not end there. When Vito dies, I’ll miss the old pooch but when we die we get to spend all of our endless days with God, enjoying each second, minute, hour and day slowly, smoothly and unhurriedly with man’s ultimate best Friend, the God of our dreams.
My only wish and prayer is that it could one day be said of me that I was one of God’s best friends.
For more fun lessons in spirituality on Vito watch this Video.
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