Sign Language for Dogs

sketch it in your mind ……what it is you hope to find……………in this walk we refer to as ”life”…… have a loose fitting plan you can adjust as you scan the unlimited possibilities of the day… be aware that there is a force that is ready to lead each of…

do you ever think about the price Our Savior paid………………….yeah i know we say we are Christians,…………maybe even read the Bible everyday…………………but i think it’s important to reflect on what went down…………..that the Son of God was willing to be scorned and disgraced so that we could be forgiven for…

as i look out the kitchen window i spy my little friend nibbling on some red flowers my wife had just put in……………………..he looks so calm and peaceful and then a dog barked in a yard nearby………………….his ears went up and listened to see if he needed to make a…

i’ll give away part of the day because i know that’s what you want me to do…….to strengthen these ties that unite you and I………………an bless those that need a little push…………………sometimes the wheels are in place to get in the race……..but we are afraid to let them roll and…

i met with the ”Secretary of the Interior”…………….this morning to get my assignments for the day………………………….and it was the same the day before and tomorrow it will be the same…. for a time i wasn’t paying attention until i realized what He was trying to say………………. ”if you think you…

those dark skies above your land where sent as a reminder that I AM…….the Great I AM……. although each one of your groups think they have a plan………………..I AM still in control……the Great I AM……….. I will let you continue on your way and when I have had enough……………You Will…

why wait to get to the gate………………that you perceive as heaven………… what i have come to find is heaven is in my mind……..i manifest those thoughts in my world….. there are issues that no longer need to be made into problems……………..there are solutions and appropriate answers………….often they require my greatest…

you press down on one end when no one is looking to see the inside and after several intrusions you make your choice………………………not what you expected…….but it doesn’t deter you from trying again……………. that’s about the ”skinny” on life…… you press down on things to try and get clues and…

i may never be able to recollect or pinpoint when i started to slip……………….but my experience leads me to believe…………….when i took my eyes off the ‘Cross’…………………. when my life and my marriage started to unravel….i was going through the motions of life but my focus was on acquiring and…

there was a time when my world was looking thin……… i was out of options and i thought that it might end…… someone that i knew but i wouldn’t have called him a friend….. heard about my dilemma and took the time to find out where i lived….. we talked…

i can’t ignore the issues that confront our nation and our world…………………but i refuse to so encumbered by them that i forget about the God I Love……………..He has taken me from the gates of Hell and set my feet on solid ground…….and I know that He is in charge and…

that finger that you point looks tired………………you have been holding it out for a long time and i can see you are growing weary from the strain……………….sit down…..and just ”be” for a spell……………… if everyone is wrong all the time………you would have to be ”right” all the time…..you must be…

Augean……………………..difficult and unpleasant like taking down the facade that you have been hiding behind for years and admitting you are as scared at times as everybody else….. finding the courage to examine old worn out prejudices and beliefs and packing them up and throwing them out and refusing to answer…

that part of the game is over………………………constantly moving…..never being where i actually was at the time……..always onto the next ”thrill” or the next ”thing”………………..now the next thing has correctly scaled back to the ”now thing” from the ”next thing”and i wish it hadn’t taken so long……but i’m glad i’m here……….…

i met a man who was clear in his speech…….combed his hair and brushed his teeth…..helped an elderly woman cross the street………………………extraordinary went to work and held a job……..volunteered from time to time at a local ”Boys Club”…….has three kids and is married to their mom…………………extraordinary goes to church and…

”I read your poem the other day…..when i was at a loss for words……….i must admit i was rather discouraged with what was going on in my world………….i remembered you were in recovery as i raised the gun to my head…….your words pounded in my head and i put the…

One Father……….who watches over us, listens to our pleas Giving us what we need……….when we humble ourselves to receive The ‘Body of Believers’ can change this world’s trajectory Coming together as ”One”………praying for All to see….Gods’ Love  Can Set Us Free

if i’m confident in what i believe…….your opinion shouldn’t bother me……..if i’m afraid what you may say could strike a nerve………………..perhaps my beliefs aren’t as sound as i thought they were…… to be tolerant and accepting is the pathway to freedom from confrontation……………doesn’t mean i give in…………..or give up……………………..i do…

my color did not dress me this morning…….my color did not exercise this afternoon……my color did not not excuse me from paying tolls on the expressway………my color did not get me my job……my color has prevented me from getting jobs…………..my color is not important to God….my color does not pay…

there’s a little brown rabbit that lives in the flower beds………and he nibbles on the flowers as my wife shakes her head………….but he is so peaceful and serene………………….makes me wonder if i can reach that place or is it just in my dreams……………… i follow the news and it permeates…

Poor Old God……..watching His Flock……………….turn away from the lessons that were taught…..because we have been here before and still we continue to act the same way……and there will always be bad people who will never change…………… there are many measures that will help to weed them out……………but some will slide…

when i’m wrapped up in me………………….i can’t see because i’m blinded by what’s in front of me,……………………….but if i set that aside and just let it ride…….me helping you starts giving me clues about the problem that doesn’t seem to be as big as it was before………………… i lack perspective…

yep……my God is a toad……a bird and a tree………..the grass and the flowers and the sun that warms me………..for my God is in everything that i can see My God can be Big and He can be small……….He can get into places everyone cannot go He tells me things that…

there is a kangaroo passing through…….he will jump on me liked he jumped on you……his mission is to leave us hopeless and confused…………….kangaroo passing through he seeks out those who are easily swayed……….and jumps on them and makes them afraid…..and they spread that fear and he goes away……. because now…

when we stop blaming our eyes upon up to things we could not beforehand see answers seem to appear out of nowhere perhaps because we stop wasting energy and things that looked impossible fall almost effortlessly into place……what had looked like a mountain…..now seems more like a hill the answers…

at times we have all been victimized……………….fact of life…………….we all have been discriminated because of color, physicality, economics, faith or lack of one, age, handicaps…..the list could go on forever……………there will always be discrimination on this plane……………….. the difference between victims……………………those who are determined not to let discrimination define nor…

your anger is justified…………………..but unfortunately it has put out your eyes…….not allowing you to see…………….truth from your reality………………… there are always facts that we aren’t able to see if we are blinded by our anger………. if we are confronting anger with anger the outcome can only produce one thing…………………more anger…

as i struggle to make my way up to the place where God’s Friends play and i am glad to have you near and here……..holding the ladder see……i have those days when my feet are not steady and my grip isn’t strong and then a gust of wind comes along…

just letting my dogs out to greet the morning sun………hate to clean up accidents before the days begun……………..noticed a squirrel scampering up a tree…………….. a chipmunk stopped his breakfast and scurried under the fence…………..rabbits nibbled on some flowers and waited until the dogs approached then raced behind some bushes far…

you’re in trouble when you start seeing with your mind………………might as well have your eyes closed…………………..because you’ve already closed your mind……. when you opinions and your convictions overide your ability to see things as they actually are……you are in trouble……… opinions and views without information is like following the advice…