I need to unteach an old dog an old trick

Or more precisely, I need to get him to forget his name and learn a new one.

I’m home alone as I have been for a few days.  And during this time I have been having random worship times where I put on my headphones and stand in the middle of the living room praising God with my iPod.

And during this time, my dog, affectionately named “Lord” by previous owners, sits quietly on his bed minding his own business and keeping his thoughts on how weird his owner is to himself.

Randomly the song “Shelter Me” comes up, which begins with “You oh Lord” which I call out at a loud volume because I’m wearing headphones with the volume too high and I’m quite familiar with this song.

Poor dog, he jumps up and comes running up to me, tail wagging, “He loves me, he wants to pet me, come on, pet me, I heard you call me!”.

Sorry buddy, while you were nice to have around in this storm, it’s not you who I consider to be my harbor.

~ by Daniel Koster on June 12, 2008.

One Response to “I need to unteach an old dog an old trick”

  1. There is still hope for you, Dan. But you HAVE to get rid of your computer and when you get on one, you HAVE to be monitored. You have to stop watching TV and movies. You have to change careers. When you start to think about smut or feel temptation creeping up, just break out into song and praise – worship God and the devil will flee.

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