LONG, HOT SHOWER

I love really long, hot showers. I'm not saying like 10 minute showers. But more like 30 minutes showers. The kind where your hands get all pruny. I like it when my hands prune up like that. It makes me realize that I've been in there for a long time just washing all the dirt and the nastiness off of me. It also makes me feel like I'm washing all the stress and heartache off too. I just got out of one of these showers. I had to stay in it extra long today. Yesterday was a rough day.

I was having a decent day until about 7:00 PM. My mom called me and told me that my amazing dog, Cooper, had died from complications from cancer. This dog had been one of my best friends since I was about 11 years old. I love him so much. And for him to die just made things so hard for me.

But I thought to myself while in the shower that God had to go through so much more. He had to actually sit up in heaven and watch His only Son die for MY sins. And I'm sure it brought Him to tears watching that.

So although I'm sad about Cooper, and it's okay for me to be sad, I don't think I even know anything CLOSE to what God felt. So thank you, God, for sending your only Son, Jesus, to die for my sins and the sins of the world.

This post is dedicated to the memory of my dog, Cooper's Golden Rainbow, April 10, 1997-January 10 2009.