Last weekend I watched a movie based on a true story from Japan about a dog named Hachiko. Every day the dog would walk with his owner, a college professor, to the train station and see him off to work. Then every evening the dog would meet his owner at the station when he returned and walk home with him...EVERY day WITHOUT FAIL. One day the professor suffered a heart attack while at work and died, but the dog continued to wait faithfully for the professor to return. In fact, Hachiko waited in the same spot every day for over NINE YEARS until he too died in 1935. In honor of his unconditional love, loyalty, and faithfulness, the Japanese people placed a statue of Hachiko at the train station where he spent almost his entire life waiting for his beloved owner to come home.
Amazing? Not really. You see, Hachiko was created by a God who is the very definition of unconditional love, loyalty, and faithfulness. He sacrificed His own son on a cross because His love for us was so great that He could not bear to have us forever separated from Him. EVERY day WITHOUT FAIL, He waits for each of us. Some will be stepping off the train for the very first time while others are returning after getting off at the wrong stop. For some the journey is long and for others quite short, but no matter how long it takes we will find Him there waiting with open arms and when we step off the platform into His presence we will know we are HOME.
Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. Psalm 89:8
Amazing? Not really. You see, Hachiko was created by a God who is the very definition of unconditional love, loyalty, and faithfulness. He sacrificed His own son on a cross because His love for us was so great that He could not bear to have us forever separated from Him. EVERY day WITHOUT FAIL, He waits for each of us. Some will be stepping off the train for the very first time while others are returning after getting off at the wrong stop. For some the journey is long and for others quite short, but no matter how long it takes we will find Him there waiting with open arms and when we step off the platform into His presence we will know we are HOME.
Yes, I loved that movie. I cried with you when the poor dog waited on his master and when he died. I believe God has a special blessing for animals who are faithful. Biscuit is like that to you. She adores you under and in all circumstances. She lays on my lap until you come in. She's satisfied being rubbed on the belly by me or Pop Pop until you enter the room. She's never close enough to you and tries to wiggle her way closer. She is a little prissier that Hachiko but she loves you with that same love.
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