Breakfast may never be the same for Hilda, our dog. Much to her dismay a small cat (a fraction her size) has begun sitting on top of the fence just outside the kitchen window. Hilda’s water and food are parked in a tray inside the house just below the same window.
But now Hilda never eats her breakfast before looking up at the fence in order to check for the cat. On the rare occasion it is there Hilda goes into a barking, jumping frenzy. But more often the cat is not there.
But the cat’s occasional presence has ruined breakfast for Hilda. She lives in fear of something that is smaller than her. It is of no real threat, and it rarely materializes.
How often do we let fears rob us of joy, undermine our resolve, and shrink our dreams? Jesus said, “Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.” Live in the moment. Don’t obsess over the future. Don’t confuse fear with planning or prudence.
And don’t let the cat ruin breakfast.
This puts “the dog’s breakfast” in a whole new light.
How true our fears do “spook” us and it so not necessary for the Christian.
Living in fear of the future makes the present unbearable. Just ask the pets…