A Jealous Dog

We adopted a dog about one year ago. He is a white dog and I guess has some pitbull blood in him because he looks like one. We named him Momo. So he is a jealous dog and always bullies Ah Sir because he thinks that we treat Ah Sir better or scared that we treat him better. We didn't. It was fair treatment at the start but I guess Momo is self conscious or something happened to him at the street maybe that caused him to feel unconfident which made him want to eradicate any chance of him being outcasted. And that's sad because if he didn't do this, we would be able to treat him even better. Well we tried to treat him better than ah sir, but he got even more territorial because he thinks that if we give ah sir even the slightest love, he would flare up. So we ended up not being able to show much love to both dogs in order to protect ah sir and also not make Momo jealous.

So recently, I think I know why God brought Momo to our house. Somehow He showed me what jealousy could do to someone or a situation and it's ugly! I'm personally a person who is prone to jealousy too. And I prayed to God recently to help me to break free from this because I'm quite tired of it. So God opened my eyes to Momo's situation. To tell me that I shouldn't feel jealousy because it's ugly and it's self inflicted. It makes things worse. God loves all the same. And even though it's the same, it's all still unconditional and pure. If I can see my dogs in that way, God's love is even more, like much much more. So I should be comfortable in the situation I am in. No matter what outside pressure is.. that I will remember God loves me the same :) No matter how good others are, or how others are advancing etc, or situation in my future home, I shouldn't let jealousy to control my emotions, but to open my eyes to see further. I thank God for giving me a chance to understand and what I have to do now is to constantly remember this and also His love. His love that covers all sins. I'm thankful.

Before this I look at Momo with exasperation, but I'm beginning to be able to give compassion to him as he couldn't break free from this jealousy. I hope one day he can see it, that we love him the same.

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