Makes me want to have a second dog again.
I checked out the available dogs at Moose’s rescue recently and there are several nice mix breed pups.
It’s easy with just one dog though. He’s getting pretty good at being “home alone” for several hours, now that he’s 2.
He ate a 2019 calendar while we were gone Christmas Day.
Guess he wanted to go with, ha ha. No dogs allowed at my folks house though.

Cheers for our dogs who bless us with love and laughs

Thank you, TheConservativeParty!

Awwww.... :)

No better companion. :) We had to put gates on many of our doorways downstairs after Bongo joined our pack:

Doesn't he look innocent?

Happy New Year!

And a Happy Cat/Dogurday Too!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

CUTE!!

Moose always has the “who, me?” look when we discover his handiwork. He’s usually good. Paper seems to be irresistible to some dogs we’ve had. Our first dog had a mouthful of 20 dollar bills one time. We were packing for a trip and left money on the cocktail table. Came back into the room and our doberman Hans had a mouthful of money. No damage. Still funny.

LOL! One of our windowsills has been chewed back to the wall by one of our Ridgebacks. Bongo would eat anything, but lately he will take something and run just out of our reach. He has us trained. That's Frankie's foot under Bongo.

Bongo Fury

Frankie and Bongo, best friends. So cute.

Frankie, Joey (Rhodesian Ridgebacks) and Bongo Fury (Mini Bull Terrier)

Have a wonderful and Happy New Year, TCP! I'm going to go work out and try to keep with my new year's resolution, which actually started months ago. :)

What a sweet cuddle puddle! :)

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All Things New

December 30, 2018

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17

Junkyards intrigue me. I enjoy working on cars, so I frequently make trips to the one near our home. It’s a lonely place, where the wind whispers through discarded hulks that were once someone’s prized possession. Some were wrecked, some wore out, and others simply outlived their usefulness. As I walk between the rows, a car will sometimes catch my eye, and I’ll find myself wondering about the adventures it had during its “lifetime.” Like a portal to the past, each has a story to tell—of human hankering after the latest model and the inescapable passage of time.

But I take particular pleasure in finding new life for an old part. Whenever I can take something discarded and give it new life in a restored vehicle, it feels like a small victory against time and decline.

It sometimes makes me think of Jesus’s words at the end of the Bible: “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:5). These words refer to God’s renewal of creation, which includes believers. Already, all who’ve received Jesus are a “new creation” in Him (2 Corinthians 5:17).

And one day we will enter into His promise of unending days with Him (John 14:3). Age and disease will no longer take their toll, and we will continue the adventure of an eternal lifetime. What stories each of us will have to tell—stories of our Savior’s redeeming love and undying faithfulness.

Loving Lord, I praise You that I am a new creation in You, and that in Your kindness and mercy You have given me the promise of eternal life.

The end of a year and beginning of another is an opportunity for a fresh start. What might God be making new in your life?

INSIGHT

Today’s passage gives us a glimpse of heaven, describing it as a physical place (vv. 1–2). Jesus said He was going to prepare a place for us (John 14:2–3), and this promise is fulfilled in the New Jerusalem, the holy city (Revelation 21:2). While it’s a great comfort that heaven is a perfect place (v. 4), the most important thing is that it’s the dwelling place of God (v. 3). In this final vision of the beginning of eternity (21:1–22:9), John hears Christ declaring, “It is done” (21:6). The New Living Translation renders it, “It is finished!” echoing Christ’s victorious cry from the cross (John 19:30). Sin’s curse will one day be completely removed and reversed (Revelation 21:4–5; see Genesis 3:16–19).

Casting Crowns~Praise You In The Storm

Waylon Jennings/Jesse Colter~Precious Memories

Daniel O'Donnel~Church In The Wildwood

Passion~In Christ Alone

MercyMe~I Can Only Imagine

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~Amazing Grace

GOD BLESS YOU THIS LORD'S DAY!

That is one cute bunch of doggies!
I never knew anyone with the Rhodesian Ridgebacks before. I knew of them from having an AKC book and watching dog shows.
I guess I don’t need to ask how they are as a house pet!
Obviously very wonderful companion animals and big brothers to Bongo!

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The Messenger

December 31, 2018

I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Malachi 3:1

“I have a message for you!” A woman working at the conference I was attending handed me a piece of paper, and I wondered if I should be nervous or excited. But when I read, “You have a nephew!” I knew I could rejoice.

Messages can bring good news, bad news, or words that challenge. In the Old Testament, God used His prophets to communicate messages of hope or judgment. But when we look closely, we see that even His words of judgment were intended to lead to repentance, healing, and restoration.

Both types of messages appear in Malachi 3 when the Lord promised to send a messenger who would prepare the way for Him. John the Baptist announced the coming of the true Messenger, Jesus (see Matthew 3:11)—“the messenger of the covenant” (Malachi 3:1) who will fulfill God’s promises. But He will act “like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap” (v. 2), for He will purify those who believe in His word. The Lord sent His word to cleanse His people because of His loving concern for their well-being.

God’s message is one of love, hope, and freedom. He sent His Son to be a messenger who speaks our language—sometimes with messages of correction, but always those of hope. We can trust His message.

Lord Jesus Christ, help me not only to understand Your message but to live it.

Ask the Lord to help you share His good news with others in the new year.

INSIGHT

Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament, was written by a man whose name means “my messenger.” Malachi, believed to be a contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah, ministered to the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian exile. Although the temple had been rebuilt (Ezra 6:14–15), the temple service and sacrifices were defiled for several reasons: lack of reverence for God, offering of blemished sacrifices (Malachi 1:6–9, 12–14), and willful neglect of the tithe (3:8–9). Worse, the priests were defiled by mixed marriages and marital unfaithfulness (2:1–16). Because the priesthood—which served as “the messenger of the Lord”—failed in their priestly function (2:7–9), Malachi speaks of a future “messenger” who would prepare the way for “the messenger of the covenant” (3:1). Four hundred years later, Jesus identified John the Baptist as that messenger (Matthew 11:9–10; 17:12–13).

Happy New Year's Eve
My Amaryllis is blooming!

Beautiful, LUV W!

A Thought For The Old Year

“Happy New Year!” They all want to say,
With little regard for what’s slipping away,
A year of fond hopes and bright dreams is now gone,
And we only have thoughts of the new ones to dawn.

Take just a moment to think of the past,
The days now gone by that made memories last.
We had all the birthdays. We ate all the cake.
We had great good times and now, goodness sake,

They want to forget it with hardly a nod,
A whole year forgotten. I think that it’s odd.
One day, in our dotage, we’ll all reminisce,
On those “Good Old Days” we’re so willing to miss.

A thought for the old year seems timely tonight,
Its lengthening shadow drifts slowly from sight.
The old year departs with a staggering tread,
As we watch a new year toddle in, in its stead.

It will sleep with the others in a long endless pile,
But I’d like to point out that it went out with style.
There isn’t a doubt that it’s one for the books,
But it’s clearly not one we’d have chosen for looks.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 31, 2004

Beautiful and sooooo true! 🎉Happy 🎆 New 🎇 Year🎉 to you🥂

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One Day

One day, we’ll all be happy,
One day, we’ll be content,
One day, we’ll be aware of,
Exactly what God meant.

He told us we should love ourselves,
Just as we love our brother,
A purpose for life’s bounty,
To share with one another.

One day we may accept that,
Begin to understand,
One day to spread the love of God,
In peace throughout the land.

One day to find contentment,
A day to feel so blessed,
We’ll choose to be His servant,
And also be His guest.

NicknamedBob . . . . 1/1/2014