“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Luke 11:9
Pedro lives in the Philippines and he wanted a white dog — real bad. Not a brown dog or a black dog, but a white dog.
He needed someone to play with after school and someone to guard him. So one day he decided to talk to God and ask Him for a white dog. He looked up to the sky and said, “God, I really would like a white dog. Would you please give me a white dog?”
Well, you know what happened? The following day, when his mother was shopping, a white dog followed her all the way home and then – he walked right into their house as if it was his house too. You can imagine how excited Pedro was, when after school, he saw the dog. The dog and the boy hugged each other and played as if they had known each other for a long time.
Pedro’s parents asked people in their neighborhood if they knew someone was missing a white dog, but there was no one. So the dog belonged to Pedro. He named him Sky because God had sent him the dog.
That night he prayed, “Dear Jesus, thank you for giving me the dog I asked for. Now I know that You are real and You love me because you want me to be happy.”
Sky can’t talk, but he does tricks to make the whole family laugh. He guards them when they are in danger. He is the friend who cheers them up when they are discouraged. He helps them enjoy life again.
God is good and it gives Him pleasure to bless us with His good things. Why don’t you tell someone about a wonderful gift God gave you? Or maybe you want to ask God for something and thank Him for something He has given you.
Thank you, Jesus, for loving us and wanting to bless us. Sometimes when we are unhappy we forget to talk to You about it. Help us to remember that You love us and we can ask You for anything we want. You don’t always say “yes” immediately, but You will answer our prayer when it is the best time for us. Amen.
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