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This is Gidget. Gidget was a black tort Holland Lop doe that I got for free when my daughter went to purchase one from a rabbitry down state from us. She was 9 months old and very cute. We got the rabbits home and Brandy fell in love with hers. Mine on the other hand, was a brat. Did I mention she was free? Well besides the fact that she wasn't show quality, which at the time didn't matter because we weren't showing then, she had a temper. Wonder why they were giving her away? Hmmmm.....

Anyway, whenever I put my hand into the cage to touch her she growled, yes I said growled, at me and would lunge at my hand. She would turn her back to me when I spoke to her, which in bunny language means I am ignoring you on purpose. I could get her out, but she didn't want anything to do with me.

Well, I had enough of that ridiculousness. I had always been told that Hollands were sweet and cuddley. Hah! This little doe had broken the mold. It was time to tell someone I was in charge. So everyday I spent time with Gidget. I would get her out, despite her protests and handle her. I would discipline her bunny style. (No I did not hit her. Hitting a rabbit as punishment does not work.) and I kept it up every day.

Before long, she began to stop growling and lunging and actually started to come to the door to be petted. The more time I spent with her, the more she wanted attention. In fact it got to the point that she got mad at me for NOT spending time with her. Gidget soon became the best rabbit this rabbitry has ever had.  If she was loose, she'd come when I called. I could let her run in our yard without restraints and get her when I needed or she always came to find me.

Sadly Gidget died a year or so ago from illness. She got older and her immune system wasn't able to keep her well. That day will go down as one of my hardest days. I loved that silly rabbit and it tore me up to have to put her down.

So what changed? How did this rotten brat of a rabbit come around to the best rabbit I've had (I now have a great Holland buck who is alot like Gidget, but isn't related because I never bred her.)

We spent time together and she found out she could trust me. In fact, she found out that she actually liked, and I like to think, love me.

Did you know that many people feel that way about God too? He loved us enough to put us on this earth. Just like I wanted Gidget and wanted to show her love and give her attention, God does the same with us. People think that God is the enemy and want nothing to do with him. They use his name in vain, they curse at him, or just choose to ignore him. If only people would give him the chance, get to know him, they would find they have a great friend and protector, someone who can give them awesome, wonderful things that they would never have expected.  The anger and hate was all on Gidget's side, not mine. So it is with us. The anger and hate we feel toward God is all on our side and God is loving and patient and will wait for us, work with us like I did with Gidget. After time spent with her and some discipline, she found that she could trust and love me. When we spend time with God and get to know him, yes there may even be some discipline involved too, we find we begin to love him and want to do what he wants us to.

Where are you? Do you "growl" at God? Do you turn your back and ignore him? Do you believe that God is the enemy? That he's not going to help you or that maybe he hurt you in some way? Or do you know who he is and know the love that he has for you? I hope you're the later. If not, before you judge God, get to know him first. Don't be a before Gidget, be an after Gidget. You will never regret it.