two dogs, a pit bull and akita are reflected in a side view mirror with their heads stick out of a truck window James 1:23-24 GNT If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like.

View in the Side Mirror

ByMary

James 1:23-24 GNT If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like. Mona Lisa wasn’t smiling? For 500…

2 dogs on a couch, a pit bull and akita staring out a window Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Matthew 22:39 GNT

Leash Law

ByMary

Matthew 22:39 GNT Love your neighbor as you love yourself. I have a dog and a big 100lb cat dog.  You know the phrase herding cats? Well it’s a thing especially for a dog that thinks he is a cat! So, for 14 years anywhere he goes, he has had to be on a leash,…

desert sand with sage brush surrounding a rock that looks like the entrance to a cave Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go. John 11: 43-44 NIV

Lazarus Phenomenon

ByMary

John 11: 43-44 NIV Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” Autoresuscitation is also known as Lazarus Syndrome or Phenomenon….

dog pouts surrounded by a mess he created by chewing up several things Haggai 1:7 TLB Think it over, says the Lord Almighty. Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!

Salt and Consequences

ByMary

Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…

coiled logging cable hidden behind manzanita bush 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Fear & Snakes

ByMary

Three Creeks Area, Sisters, OR 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On one particular hike with my dogs, we had a run-in with a rattlesnake. One dog pounced into the bush, and…

man with his daughter sitting on a farmhouse porch holding a birthday cake with white frosting and yellow roses on top Romans 3:24 GNT But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.

Gifts We Receive

ByMary

Dan and Mary, McFarland Hereford Farm, 1972 Romans 3:24 GNT But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. Thanks to my mom’s shopping, I had a gift to give my Daddy. Oh! I was so excited for him to receive it! I…

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. An American flag is displayed from a home with red white and blue flowers on the porch, pine treen in the background, and mountains in the distance

United We Stand

ByMary

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. If you can remember it, right after 9-11 happened, the country was unified in a way I had never seen! So, it breaks my heart that today it seems we are…

Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. Features a soldier filling his combat helmet with water so his dog partner can get a drink. The dog has his paw on the man's leg.

Fountain of the Not Forgotten

ByMary

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. This fully functional fountain can provide visiting canines a cool drink on a hot Texas day while serving as a reminder…

cloudy Three Sisters Mountains Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, 11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth— it won’t return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Languages We Speak

ByMary

Three Sisters Mountains, Sisters, OR Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts,     nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,     so are my ways higher than your ways,         and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For just…