Set free!

Yesterday I got home late or around 6 pm. So it was already dark. As I walked toward the house in the dark, I called the family dog, Scout because I didn't want to walk to the house alone in the dark (silly, I know) but she did not come. I called for her several more times but she did not come. My younger brother, Klement must have heard the car drive up and so he opened the door and looked out. The minute he opened the door, I saw Scout come out of her dog house as if she wanted to be petted by him. He goes back in and shuts the door leaving just me and Scout outside. I'm about fifty feet from the house, and seeing Scout I call for her again. She comes forward a few feet and stops.
It puzzles everyone as to why she does that. We have only had her about 8 months and whenever we get home from something she acts like she does not know us. Until you touch her, than it is like she has been "set free." She can now run about greeting everyone happily.
Anyways I call her and talk softly to her, each time she comes just a few more feet forward. Soon she is only about ten feet away and I say "come, Scout" she knows this command but she only walks about a foot. I repeat the command several times until she is close enough to touch. I than pet her and tell her she is a good dog,she has been set free from her fear and she wags her tail cheerfully with contentment. We walk to the house together, now both happy to have a companion. 
This morning when I was doing dishes, I thought more about what had happened and it reminded me off God and how he treats us when we have sinned. 

• He stands there and waits for us to come to Him. Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
• We have sinned and are afraid of what the consequences will be, afraid that He wont take us back.
• As soon as we go forward and accept His love and forgiveness, we are set free! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Have you been set free? Or are you still afraid to accept Him? 

Please think about this :)

In His Name,

Karis