Treat time

Rueby Tuesday by Carlos and Jean Aleman

Reuben waits expectantly as his daddy holds out a treat. He hesitates for a moment. Hold on... he hasn't done anything to deserve this treat. He hasn't rolled over or shook hands or any of his usual tricks. Yet daddy is still offering the treat. Should he take it? Does he dare?

We humans are like that with God sometimes. He offers us everything we could ever ask for. He has even given us His most precious gift, His Son. Yet we are so often hesitant to accept what God has to give. We think we must do something to merit God's love. We do not realize that if it were up to our performance, we could never live up to God's standard. But because God offers us this gift unconditionally, we find that we don't have to do anything to be worthy of His love. What a marvelous thing it is to know that we don't have to "roll over" to get the Milk Bone!

Friends

Rueby Tuesday by Carlos and Jean Aleman

Reuben ventures into the animation market in an effort to capitalize on his image recognition. He commissions this sketch of himself befriending a panda and a lion. He likes the resulting sketch so much that he decides to use it as the movie poster for his next film project "The Crimestoppers," about a threesome who sleeps and snuggles by day and fights crime by night. He called C.D. Alemani about directing this new project, but has yet to hear from the filmmaker, who is busy filming an updated version of the film "Dogzilla".

Comment from Original Blog:
Grant said...
Reuben's future is so bright, he has to wear shades.
7:44 AM

Sock Dog

Rueby Tuesday by Carlos and Jean Aleman

Reuben tried on Daddy's sock yesterday, but found that he had a little trouble filling it. He pulled it up as far as he could, but he still found that there was much more sock than there was paw.

Humans are like Reuben sometimes. We were all created with a "God-shaped" vacuum in our lives, yet so many of us try to fill it with other things. We find, like Reuben trying to wear his daddy's sock, that our lives still have an emptiness to it. Only when we give over the sock to its true owner will it be truly full.

Celebrity Tournament

Rueby Tuesday by Carlos and Jean Aleman

In order to fulfill his community service requirements handed down by Judge Benji, Reuben decides to hold a celebrity golf tournament benefitting the SPCA. Unfortunately for Reuben, he finds that his golf game is not up to par, so he goes a few rounds on the golf course before the tournament. While he is taking practice swings, a member of the paparazzi catches him in an awkward pose.

Reuben is afraid that the photograph will keep celebrities from signing up for his tournament, so he approaches suppliers to sweeten the grand prize. He gets a local pet store to donate a lifetime supply of dog biscuits. When word of the prize gets out, celebrity doggies from around the country agree to participate.

The tournament proves to be a huge success. Reuben raises almost $1 million for the SPCA.