Scratching the Surface

Last night I went out to sit in my carport for about half an hour while having a conversation on the phone. When I came inside my dog was jumping up and down like he was so excited I was back. Being slightly annoyed at his energy late in the evening I asked my dog, "Why are you so excited to see me? It's not like I've been gone for hours." To my amazement my sweet daughter walked into the room explaining to me that since one year to us is like seven years to a dog the time I had spent outside, which was half an hour, was the same as three and a half hours to our dog. My daughter had obviously put some thought and meditation into the fact that she had learned.

Even though I had heard the fact of one year being equal to seven years to a dog. I never thought past that fact. How many times do we read our Bibles and accept what we read and believe what we read but just the surface of of what we read is as far as we go? Scripture tells us we are to meditate on the Word. Maybe if we spend more time meditating on what we read in the Bible we will do far more than scratch the surface and will grow in the Word and closer to God.