Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
-Ephesians 1:4, NLT
I love the feeling of being “wanted” or “needed” by someone. It is the feeling of knowing your love and attention are welcomed and desired.
How about you?
I am an owner of parrots. One particular parrot (see picture above) is attached to me as his primary “person.” Loki loves me.
Since we moved into our new home, we have kept the parrots in our brightly open basement level. However, I sleep upstairs in the master bedroom.
In the morning, the parrots awaken. This usually happens around 8 AM. So, it really isn’t so bad. The sunlight is probably what awakens them. We can hear them calling for us.
Loki, in particular, makes whistles for attention. Just this morning, Munchkin opened his cage door. In his determination to find me, Loki flew, traversed the stairs, and found me.
I am wanted by Loki.
When we go through infidelity and a divorce discard, we loose this special feeling from the person we thought would always give it to us. It is one more thing to grieve.
This is one of the reasons I think having a pet is so helpful. They remind us of the spiritual truth about our value and wanted-ness, if you will.
You see, God wants us through all of life’s ups and downs. That is what Ephesians 1:4 tells us.
That said, it sure helps to believe the truth that we are wanted when we have a pet or someone reminding us about it.
So true. A sobering and painful thought. The last true heartfelt wanting I remember was being wanted for a marital crime I didn’t commit.
Pets do make it better. My dog accepts me regardless.
Thank you for sharing! Yes, even our companion animals generally have their one special ‘person’. I love that you are your bird’s special person. We had a bird who picked ‘cheaterpants’ as his special person. And that was OK. He wasn’t cheating then & he spoiled that bird. Our bird would often go into our lower level & perch. However, if cheaterpant’s came home (he would call to the bird) while the bird was perched downstairs, bird would high-tail it up the stairs to greet his person.
Was the coolest thing, as I read that birds do not instinctively know how to fly UP a stairway. They have to figure it out.
Even though our pets usually bond with all in the household, they do, indeed, tend to have one person they are more bonded to. Seeing their in-born instinct in this regard surely is a nice reminder that our bond with our person is instilled in us by our Creator.
Therefore, we are not in some way ‘defective’ when we still feel that bond with them, even after betrayal. That is one of the toughest things I feel we chumps deal with. Even though we know we need to be rid of this toxic person, it often takes a lot of time & struggle to erase our bond with them.
Love to you as you continue to ForgeOn!
Whoops! I got that backward. Birds do not know instinctively how to fly DOWN a staircase! Whoops!
Either way, was the neatest thing when bird would race upstairs to see his person! Still brings s smile to my face…..