Andy glanced outside to check out the snow situation, hoping for way more snow than we were actually getting, only to see two yellow labs out in the windy, snowy and very cold weather. He then saw a mini-van pull up to the dogs hoping it was their owner. He saw a man trying to gather the dogs up and decided to go out and help.
When he got out there, the man was NOT the owner and was just trying to check to see if the dogs had tags and then call the owners. The dogs didn't have any tags, no way of knowing who they belonged to, and it looked like they had been out for a while. They were a mess. Dirty, wet and on top of that...the snow was finally beginning, so they had it all combined together to create two very dirty dogs. And to top it off, one (we'll call her "Mary") was very pregnant.
I came in and called the non-emergency number for the police. They informed me that they couldn't call the auxiliary animal control guy unless the dogs were contained. So we brought them into our garage to wait for someone to come and pick them up. I took out a bowl of water and we gave them a few milk bones and tried to keep our own dog, Charlie from freaking out.
As we were waiting for animal control to come, I told Andy that I felt like the inn keeper in Bethlehem on that magical night. And although our "inn" wasn't full, the dogs were really dirty and there was no way they would be coming into our home. However, we were able to place them in the stable (aka...the garage) to get them out of the cold. We let them lay down on warm towels and we got them out of harms way. We asked the man picking them up to look for our address and the bright star (aka...the porch light). Thankfully they were picked up before "Mary" had any puppies! (can you just imagine!)
My hope and prayer for them is that their owners have been notified to come and pick them up and that they return to a nice, warm, cozy home with owners who love them and have missed them very much.
It amazes me how God puts these little everyday things in our lives to remind us of the much more important events that have already happened to us. God is so good!
Mary & Joseph!
1 comment:
I love your Christmas story of "Mary and Joseph." How nice that you were able to get them help. Hope your Christmas was Merry and Bright! May God Bless You!
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