Happy Days Stories

Mitzi is a little dog who belongs to the Jones family.  She is almost human, or thinks she is!  Mitzi has this idea that she is part of the family and ought to have a place at the dinner table.  If the Jones do not watch out, she will jump on a chair and rest her head on a place mat and then wait her chance to grab a bite to eat from someone's plate!  The Jones family has a hard time convincing her that she is only a dog and that dogs don't eat people food at the table.

But, then everybody loves Mitzi and she plays for hours with the children.  Even the baby loves Mitzi and you would think Mitzi was her nanny.  Everywhere the baby goes, Mitzi follows and makes sure that she does not hurt herself.  The baby even climbs onto her back or pulls her ears.  But Mitzi just lies there with her tongue hanging out and a silly smile on her face.  When Lucy dresses her up in old clothes, Mitzi is one happy dog.  She will prance around and bark with joy.

Of course, beds are made for dogs and Mitzi is well aware of this.   Each night she crawls into someone's bed and lays on her back under the blanket.  Just try to turf her out, and she will wiggle deeper into the bed until she lies at your feet.  Father finds it hard to sleep as a jumble of barks, snarls and snores fill the room.  You would wonder how such a small dog can make so much noise!

Mr Jones got cross one day and told his wife that it was time for Mitzi to sleep outside.  Out came the hammmer, nails and tools, and all day there was banging and sawing.  At last a fine doghouse was finished and Mitzi was pushed inside and told to stay there.  Mitzi let out one howl and refused to go into her kennel.  And that was the end of that!  When night time came, Mitzi crawled into Johnnie's bed and refused to move!

That was not the only time that Mitzi insisted that she was a human.   Mr Jones takes a firm stand that she eat her own dog's food.  And Mitzi?  Not a chance, only human food is the only food fit enough for her!  In desperation, the family turned a blind eye to Mitzi climbing onto a chair and laying her head on the table.  And then big, mournful eyes would beg each person to spare a morsel for one hungry human dog at each meal!  But Mitzi is a dog and there is no getting away from it.

In the Bible, John tells us in his first letter that as God's dear children, we must continue in Him (1 John 2:28).  This means that if you love Jesus and asked Him to come and live in your heart, then you are one of God's children!  We can really know that we are God's children, since we are not like Mitzi, who only thought she was a human.

The apostle John wants us to understand that if we are truly the children of God, then we need to begin to act like Jesus did.  Jesus was always kind and loving to other people.  And so every day we need to ask Jesus to help us be kind to other children and not say unkind things.  If we do this then Jesus will help us to be kind, and we will please God.  And that's a very good thing isn't it?

God bless!