Foundation the Dog

Getting a dog has been something we've been tossing back and forth for awhile now. I am anxious to get one, while Dave has more reservations about it. It's been on my mind a lot, especially seeing Ryan interacting so well with Gimli. A cat is just not the best animal for a boy to play with, or get that back and forth engagement with. But I know that I need to wait for the right time when both of us are comfortable with it. I know that I'll know when that time comes. I hope it is sooner than later.

Last night I had a dream that we had just gotten a new dog. He was white and his name was Foundation. Foundation is such a strange name for an animal, but it had a lot of depth to it. This morning I've been really thinking on that name and how it has a couple of different meanings for us.

The first is the obvious one. A definition of foundation is: the act of founding, setting up, establishing, etc. Establish. That word establish made me think to slow down a bit. That there is some kind of setting up process that needs to take place before our right dog comes. It could either be on our side of the dogs. A definition for establish is: to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis. So in essence, our dog (foundation) is being established (is finding) his way to us.

The other meaning it had to me was this one. With the definition of foundation being establishing, it reminded me of the scripture that Dave and I took as "our scripture" before we got married. It is Psalm 90: 12-17.

12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

There's that word establish again. And in this time it is reminding me of our prayer then. To establish our marriage and everything that comes from it. So in this meaning, I'm taking away that the dog represented a lot of what our life has been lately. A new beginning. A new house and lots of work to it. Yesterday most of the work was completed. Remember part of the definition of establish was: bring into being on a firm or stable basis. Maybe things are on track to being stable again? Maybe that dog was in my dream to tell me yes.