Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

There are a lot of bible verses and stories to illustrate how important it is to forgive each other and to overlook an offense.  My favorite bible gurus teach that God gave us each a measure of faith and I've seen it.  The word says that.  But in another place it says that faith works by love.  So having faith is a bit like having a car with or without gas.  Love is the gas and a car won't go without gas and faith won't work without love.  

So today I get up and find my husband has either hid or thrown out another leash.  He hates that I make the tie out for the dog long enough to put him out from inside the house.  He doesn't want the dog to be able to pee in the bushes or pee on the side of the porch.  Yeah, I've seen him do both once and awhile.  But peeing in the same places in the middle of the yard...that's really all that much better?  If my husband had a clue what it's like to watch a house full of toddlers, he would know that my attentions need to be inside the house on those toddlers and not outside with the dog.  I should not have to be thinking about putting on shoes or coats in the winter or avoiding the mud and being out with the dog.  Kids can do bad and dangerous things in seconds.  Seconds count.

So it's my 1 day off per year.  Yeah, ONE.  Call me a work-a-holic, but I only get one per year.  Every single dime I make goes out immediately.  I live a simple life.  I splurge only on books once and awhile.  Yeah, I have too many pets.  AND, I like to feed the kids well and keep the computers up.  If a person added all the money I spend on these things, it's not as much as what the average person spends on their 2 week vacation or their work out of the house wardrobe.  

So...how do I love the man that's being a control freak about the leashes?  Oh...it's not a matter of not forgiving him.  It's too stupid to even care about.  But it is annoying to have to hide my own leashes to deal with the dog.  The dog should not lose his happy home because the husband is a freak.....oops...that's not very loving either is it?  LOL

Well it's one more thing to pray about.  Yeah, my feet hurt this morning.  But what can I say?  No one is perfect, except Jesus of course! :)