Poor Shep does not like to see his playmate fondling the little kittens on her lap when he is not getting any attention, so he has put his paw on her knee, and looks into her face as much as to say,
“Are you not going to pet me, too?” We need not wonder at the poor dog being selfish, as it does not know better, but how sad to see children and grown up people too, jealous of those who have something that they do not have,—and you know, that is selfishness.
The Lord Jesus was not that way, for He gave up all that He had, even His life, for poor sinners, as we are, and now He is waiting for that time when He will take all who put their trust in Him to His bright home above to share all that He has.
I am sure we can say there is one just like Him; but if we know Him as our Saviour, as the One who gave His life for us, we can ask Him for grace that we may he more like Him, and thus be pleasing to God in all our ways down here.
ML 08/30/1942