Our Faithful King!
"For this reason I have sent Timothy to you,
who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord,
who will remind you of my ways in Christ."
1 Corinthians 4: 17
In early 2022, a hiker died of apparently
natural causes at an obscure location in
Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
When his remains were found two weeks later,
his faithful dog, King, was still standing guard
over his master. King, a golden retriever, was
hungry and emaciated;
but he had done his
duty.
The Bible often tells us we can learn from
animals—
a hardworking ant, a soaring eagle, the panting deer,
the dependent lamb. We can also learn a lesson
from
King. Sometimes troubles beset us, and grief dismays
us. But we can always be faithful.
Timothy was faithful to Paul in all circumstances, even
as Paul was faithful to Christ, and Christ was faithful
to
them both. Faithfulness provided the trust that bound all
things together with the cords of stability and strength.
It may be no more than standing beside
someone in need, but faithfulness here on
earth will receive heaven’s badge of honor.
"The level of trust requisite to a fruitful working
partnership with a dog guide is analogous to
a genuine relationship with a generative God.
Neither is easy, yet both are simple."
Dallas A. Brauninger