Well… not my dog apparently.  She’s too posh to eat the crumbs off the master’s table.  The Bible doesn’t know what it is talking about.  Just kidding. 
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Well, I guess not all dog’s are hardwired to eat any kind of fallen food.  It is funny, because I am trying to encourage my dog to eat the crumbs or eat whatever falls off the dinner table, but she never does it.  I encourage this mostly because it does help with the clean-up and it prevents me from getting on my hands and knees picking up what the kid’s messy eating. 

But no… she chooses not to eat the crumbs.  However, she will just stand there staring at you while you eat, drooling and hoping that I hand her something off of my plate.  Even if I throw some scrap of food at her to eat, once it hits the floor… forget about it… she will not touch it.

What the heck kind of high class, bourgeois dog do I have?  Just be a normal dog like what the Bible says, right?  Shoot… Ill eat the food off the floor if you aren’t going to eat it.  5 second rule, right?

Even when I trained her as a puppy, I never discouraged her from eating food falling off the table.  She honestly just doesn’t know what to do.  When food does fall off the table she just kind of stares at it and wait for me or someone to clean it up.  What’s funny is that even when I try to give her food that did fall off the table, she will ignore it!  She is a stuck-up dog man! 

I guess only fresh food for her.  Only the best for her!  And I guess that means I have to get on my hands and knees to clean up food mess off the floor. 

But I guess my dog Suzie trusts me to give her food.  She doesn’t feel the need to beg or eat whatever.  Also, Suzie is probably only looking for the best.  Nothing used or fallen I guess, I don’t know what she is thinking, I am not a dog whisperer. 

But shouldn’t we be like Suzie?  Why are we settling for crumbs of the table when it comes to how we live?  We do not deserve crumbs falling from the table.  We always deserve the best.  And to be honest the best always comes from God.  I truly believe this!  I think the world only offers us little bits of “stuff.”  And we somehow settle on being happy with the little bits of “stuff” that are given to us.  But God always offers us abundance and better living.  God isn’t giving you bits of “stuff” but God is giving you instructions on how to live your life that is based on mercy, love, and forgiveness.  God is also there to tell you to never live life ashamed because through His grace you are always loved no matter what.  And that should give you confidence to live life well. 

Never settle for crumbs off society’s table.  Get the full course and dessert from God.  Take what God is giving you.  That is love, comfort, peace, grace, and forgiveness.  Feel full and be healed so that you can live well.  Leave the crumbs on the floor and eat from the table of grace.  Trust in Him always.  

It's been a while since I posted anything.  It's just because I have been very busy, and I really haven't had the time to be any kind of reflection.  But I am trying to post things on here regularly!  That is my goal!  Life is busy, but it is exciting.  And just as I was getting stuff done, this song came on my iTunes.  I haven't heard them in a while, since I was in college maybe.  But one of the more influential bands in my childhood.  So, it was nice.  It was encouraging to hear as it caused me to reflect how this band and in particular this song really helped lift me up in times of struggle and times of struggling with low self-esteem.  Anyways, here it is!

“Help me, somebody help me
'cause I'm falling down again
Help me, somebody help me
Because I know how these stories end
I've done all I can to do what's right
I've done all I can and fought a good fight
But still I find myself
Falling, falling down again
Falling, falling down again
Falling, falling down again
Paralyzed with fear as I descend.”
                                Falling by Kill Your Idols
 
Ever feel like this?  I have and to be honest time and time again I felt this way and I am sure that in the future this feeling will come again and again.  Doesn’t matter the cause of the feeling, it’s just there are times in our life that we just feel like we are falling.  And sometimes we feel that no matter what we try or do, and all our good efforts to help ourselves seems to fall short.
 
To be honest I am not too sure what is the background story of this song, maybe it has to do with depression, suicide, maybe drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or failed relationships.  I really do not know.  But the important fact is that the feel that these song lyrics speak are real.  And many times, we can relate these feelings because of any sort of hardship we go through in life.
 
The first time I heard this song, or this band was when I was in college.  Went to a show and they opened with this song.  The small crowd of about one hundred young people just exploded.  Rushing the stage singing along, jumping on top of each other.  Looks crazy, but it was all out of fun, and nobody was getting hurt.  It was like organized chaos.  But just hear the crowd loudly scream the lyrics, “Help me, somebody help me!”  really resonated with me. 
 
It resonated with me because how often we feel like we are falling, paralyzed by fear, and feeling like our life it at the end of the rope, we rarely ask for help.  We do not ask for help not because of pride, but because of the absence of pride.  When we go into those dark moments in our life, we have that feeling that my life does not matter anymore, and I do not want to bother anyone with my problems. 
 
Do not ever think you are alone in whatever you feel like you are going through.  There are people who will listen to you.  Sometimes, we all just need to scream out, “Help me, somebody help me!”  There is no shame in asking for help in your life.  You are not bothering anyone by expressing the things that are happening in your life.  Reach out and find help.  Talk about it and share your experience.  You are never alone.