Roughly thirty years ago, my late husband and I had recently rescued an Akita/Rottweiler mixed puppy we kept outside.
Our other two dogs were Pomeranians that spent most of their time inside.
One day, when we were all in the backyard, the new puppy started zooming happily towards my late husband. The male Pomeranian quickly took up a stance between the puppy and my late husband and started barking to take control of the larger puppy.
As the larger puppy approached, one of his paws accidentally tagged the Pom, sending the Pom into rolling somersaults. The look on the Pom’s face after recovering from the somersaults showed wounded pride. He then slowly slinked to the backdoor with his tail down, wanting to hide.
From that moment on, that Pom avoided the Akita/Rottweiler puppy.
I’ll share the rest of this story about our dog’s wounded attitude adjustment in relation to our study of 1 Peter 4:1-11 at the end of the post.
Meanwhile, let’s see what Peter has to share about attitude adjustments.
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