bowie swims

My fiancé and I went to a barbeque.  My good friend Jonathan grilled steaks and brats straight from the butcher.  They tasted amazing.  I brought my dog Bowie.  Bowie is a shit zu.  He is a boy, he has a girlfriend that he lives with, and he is a joy to my heart. 

Bowie and I have gotten very close.  I pick up on the things meaningful to him such as Bowie Bones (dog snacks) or runs outside.  Well yesterday was his first experience in a pond.  I walked him on a leash up to the pond took the leash off and threw the 15 pound shit zu in the water.  He immediately went under but soon rose to the top and swam back to the shore. 

Meanwhile Tucker, Johns dog was fetching a bone.  John would throw the bone in the pond Tucker would jump n and retrieve the bone back to John.  Bowie picked up on the fetch game and he really likes fetch on the ground anyways.  So Bowie ran around the pond hesitant on jumping in.  About 4 or 5 throws Bowie finally jumped in hoping to beat the 45-pound Golden Retriever to the Bone.

 

Bowie swam swift but not swift enough.  He still swam to the center.  He was attracted to an object, which was a water purifier, and he thought that was the bone.  Once he reached the purifier Bowie was a little tired and since it wasn’t the bone he tried desperately to climb the round white object.  He couldn’t.  So I yelled and clapped my hands worried that he would get so tired and the weight of his hair would take him under.  He finally turned around and with terrible worriment I waited on him.  He slowly swam to shore shaken and extremely wet. 

 

That memory will stick with me the rest of my life.  It was my first ever experience of this kind.  I was so worried I was willing to jump in not only to save him but also to help him back to shore.  But he made it on his own and I was so proud of him I wanted to run to my fiancé and explain just how great of a job Bowie did swimming. 

 

God’s not only with me as I swim to save me if I go under but he is there paddling in front of me moving objects I cant get out of the way on my own.  I sometimes realize just how big God is.  I think of my love for Bowie and how great I love him.  I wouldn’t be able to fathom Gods love when he sees me swim to shore.