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Posted on 01/01/2024 3:15:48 PM PST by luvie
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The plan is....outside with pup around 3:30am (if he cries during the night)....up at 7 or 8am when he cries..walk him in your robe....walk a couple more times before noon ....it’s a blur until afternoon....more outside time .....lots of No! Don’t eat that!....more walks.....bedtime at 9 or 10..
One night he did not want to go outside at 3 or 4. That was nice. 😅
I hope he sleeps until 7am tonight.
Babies of all kinds take lots of work. But you’ll be raising a great companion!
Bible in a Year :
Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
Pride precedes and often leads to humiliation—something a man in Norway found out. Not even dressed in running clothes, the individual arrogantly challenged Karsten Warholm—the world record holder in the 400-meter hurdles—to a race. Warholm, training in an indoor public facility, obliged the challenger and left him in his dust. At the finish line, the two-time world champion smiled when the man insisted that he’d had a bad start and wanted to race again!
In Proverbs 29:23 we read, “Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.” God’s dealings with the proud is one of Solomon’s favorite themes in the book (11:2; 16:18; 18:12). The word pride or haughty in these verses means “swelling” or “puffed up”—taking credit for what rightfully belongs to God. When we’re filled with pride, we think more highly of ourselves than we should. Jesus once said, “Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12). Both He and Solomon direct us to pursue humility and lowliness. This isn’t false modesty, but rightsizing oneself and acknowledging that all that we have comes from God. It’s being wise and not saying things arrogantly “in haste” (Proverbs 29:20).
Let’s ask God to give us the heart and wisdom to humble ourselves to honor Him and avoid humiliation. .
Reflect & Pray
When have you experienced humility that brought honor? How can you humble yourself before God?
Dear God, remind me that humility is the pathway to honor in Your sight.
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Thank you.(((hugs)))
What a sweet photograph.
My condolences on his passing.
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Thank you so much. ❤️
Bless you for your kind words, Kitty.
I appreciate your words and the prayers.
Bible in a Year :
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.
As a new believer in Jesus at the age of thirty, I had lots of questions after committing my life to Him. When I started reading the Scriptures, I had even more questions. I reached out to a friend. “How can I possibly obey all God’s commands? I just snapped at my husband this morning!”
“Just keep reading your Bible,” she said, “and ask the Holy Spirit to help you love like Jesus loves you.”
After more than twenty years of living as a child of God, that simple but profound truth still helps me embrace the three steps in His great love cycle: First, the apostle Paul affirmed that love is central in the life of a believer in Jesus. Second, by continuing to pay the “debt to love one another,” followers of Christ will walk in obedience, “for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law” (Romans 13:8). Finally, we fulfill the law because “love does no harm to a neighbor” (v. 10).
When we experience the depth of God’s love for us, demonstrated best through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, we can respond with gratitude. Our grateful devotion to Jesus leads to loving others with our words, actions, and attitudes. Genuine love flows from the one true God who is love (1 John 4:16, 19).
Loving God, help us get caught up in Your great love cycle! .
Reflect & Pray
When have you struggled to feel loved by Jesus or to love like He loves? How does knowing Christ loves you completely and unconditionally change the way you love others?
Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me.
Oh my! I am so sorry to read this sad news Linda.
How are you and your family doing?
If there is anything we can do to help
please message. Jul and I will keep you all in our Prayers
Luvie, I am So very sorry to read about the loss of your brother.
Oh so difficult, I know.
I am praying for God’s strength and comfort for you during this time.
Polly
I have so many of their wonderful devotional books. The ministry of Our Daily Bread has been incredible.
WOW 20 years!! Thank you Mayor for your commitment to our Lord.
Polly
Thank you, Rus. We’re doing ok. It was difficult in that it happened so quickly, we never got to see him to say goodbye, and we have no idea what caused his death. And though we went down closer to stay with our son to wait, there was never any memorial/funeral and we weren’t allowed to go down to where he and his wife lived to pay our respects. It’s hard to get a grip on the reality of it.
Sorry to rant, but you did ask. :)
And thank you for the prayers. They are most needed for peace.
Thank you so much, Polly. (((hugs)))
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