It's a Doggie, Doggie World. Or Is It?

Have you ever stumbled across something you weren't expecting to find, and then it turns out to be an awesome experience?
On my most recent vacation we were driving along the Pacific Ocean and pulled over at a beach in Del Mar, California. Upon our wondering eyes we stumbled across a dog beach; a part of the beach that is specifically for dogs and their masters. I , being a nature photographer, went crazy with the camera as I watched and laughed at these dogs and their reactions to each other and to the ocean.
I believe I counted over twenty different breeds of dogs. Everything from: Poodles to German Shepherds to Labradors to Saint Bernards and Daschunds; all playing, having fun and circling the beach in unity.

Naturally, this got me thinking about us humans and how we relate to each other, and the unfortunate government shutdown here in the United States. As the week started out with the threat of a government shutdown last Monday, Senate Chaplain Barry Black, a Rear Admiral for over twenty years, began to pray before each day's session like he always does. But this time his prayers were more direct to both political parties.

Monday's prayer included the Chaplain asking God to deliver us from governing by crisis.

The next day in his prayer he asked God to help us unite for the common good of our nation.

When the government shutdown began and both parties obviously not in unison, the Chaplain was even more direct in his prayer:
"Our Father, help us to replace cynicism with faith, and take away our selfishness, smugness, and pride.

With no end in sight to the United States Government shutdown, perhaps they could learn a lesson from dogs and practice unity.
And of course, the only way any nation can thrive and survive in unity, is if it's people follow the command of the Lord:

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. ( 2 Chronicles 7:14)

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