MY BLESSED ‘USELESS-DOG’By Oheneyere Gifty Anti

When I moved out of home In December 2005, I got myself a Dog. A beautiful brown Dog.

Now don’t get excited. It was a local breed, but very lovely.

I named it Tiger!!!. Don’t worry, I will explain my laughter!!

You know how they say the name you give a person or thing, kind of has an effect/impact on them?

Well, I believe so too. But it apparently, didn’t apply to my dog Tiger.

Tiger was even afraid of its own shadow. It would run away from people!! In fact an insect could stare at Tiger and it would run.

Everyone thought Tiger was useless. In fact, I kept it because I loved the idea of having a dog. Don’t laugh!! One day, I will tell you about my Love affair with dogs.

So yes, Tiger, my ‘useless’ dog was around for quiet sometime.

In 2011, the house I lived in at community 20, got flooded. I experienced a few floods in that house, but the 2011 one, was a major one. The house was almost submerged.

It happened at dawn and so we had to leave the house, walking through the flood waters.

Somehow, Tiger was being a bit of a nuisance. Actually, that dog really got on my nerves that dawn. Oh Lord!!!

It was walking and running around me and in front of me, virtually forcing me to constantly change my route, as I walked out.

In the morning, when the water receded and I was walking back home, I was shocked to the point of tears.

There were sharp and pointed objects, nails, stones and reptiles, (some dead and others still crawling) on the road and in the house.

Yes, the same house I walked out of and the same road I walked on, when I was escaping from the flood and couldn’t see anything on the ground!!

It then dawned on me, that Tiger, my ‘useless’ dog, had actually ‘saved’ my life. It guided me safely out of dangers I couldn’t see at that time.

Suddenly, I realized, that Tiger, was not USELESS.

Yes, Tiger could not bark, it could not scare people away, like normal dogs are expected to do. But it was not useless, as everyone thought.

Who in your life do you think is useless? Because he or she or it, can not do what you expect them to do?

Who have you given up on? Who have you, your friends, your family, considered useless?!!!

I know Tiger is a dog, but it’s story is very, very symbolic!!!

For years it was ‘useless’. But when the right time came, it became the most ‘USEFUL’, asset, tool… I had and needed!!!

I hope this story speaks to you, in a way, that only you and God can understand!!!

God can use anyone and anything to be a blessing to you, at your point of need, in your desperate times.

Don’t give up on Humanity!!!

I remain a woman with super Crazy Faith in God.

Have a beautiful Day and week.

Much love.
OGA