09-12-2025, 04:23 PM
One rainy day, early in the morning, when the cold was bone-chilling. I heard the growl and cry of a dog. I came out and saw my neighbour using a long stick to chase this poor dog away from his side of the veranda, where he went to seek refuge from the wind and rain.
The small dog refuse oo. But he finally succeeded. The dog came over to my side. As an animal lover I welcomed him. But my side is not shielded from the wind. So I have to use a megaphone carton to make a temporary wind shield for him. He growled at me when I tried to do this. But I understand. He's been brutally abused by people and think that I'm like others.
I just ignored him and set up the wind shield and also placed a cloth on the floor for him to lie on.
I never planned owning a dog now and even when I do, my target is a German Shepherd or Belgian Malinoise. Seeing the miserable state of this dog made me to buy it for N10k. They call him Jimmy, but I changed the name to Sergeant, after my first deceased dog ??.
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Just like Sergeant, many of us come to God broken, wounded, and suspicious, because of how life and people have treated us. We sometimes “growl” at His attempts to help us by resisting His love.
Yet, Christ doesn’t give up on us.
-He shelters us (like I did with the carton and cloth) even when we don’t understand His intentions.
-He pays the price for us (as I did with the ₦10k) while we were yet sinners.
-He gives us a new name and identity (Revelation 2:17), just as I renamed the dog to “Sergeant,” honoring him with dignity.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Don't give up on God. Repent for the days are evil. Christ's coming is nearer than ever.
?Before: 27th July 2025
? After: Present, 12th Sept 2025
The small dog refuse oo. But he finally succeeded. The dog came over to my side. As an animal lover I welcomed him. But my side is not shielded from the wind. So I have to use a megaphone carton to make a temporary wind shield for him. He growled at me when I tried to do this. But I understand. He's been brutally abused by people and think that I'm like others.
I just ignored him and set up the wind shield and also placed a cloth on the floor for him to lie on.
I never planned owning a dog now and even when I do, my target is a German Shepherd or Belgian Malinoise. Seeing the miserable state of this dog made me to buy it for N10k. They call him Jimmy, but I changed the name to Sergeant, after my first deceased dog ??.
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Just like Sergeant, many of us come to God broken, wounded, and suspicious, because of how life and people have treated us. We sometimes “growl” at His attempts to help us by resisting His love.
Yet, Christ doesn’t give up on us.
-He shelters us (like I did with the carton and cloth) even when we don’t understand His intentions.
-He pays the price for us (as I did with the ₦10k) while we were yet sinners.
-He gives us a new name and identity (Revelation 2:17), just as I renamed the dog to “Sergeant,” honoring him with dignity.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Don't give up on God. Repent for the days are evil. Christ's coming is nearer than ever.
?Before: 27th July 2025
? After: Present, 12th Sept 2025