Sign Language for Dogs

i try to keep it simple…..try to keep it lean…….just enough to outline the picture, that you will frame…… i’ll provide the outline and part of the design but how you choose the colors and hues are from the palette in your mind…… these words are like little workers, they…

i keep my trove with me to be safe….. helps me feel secure and complete…. guards my tongue and guides my feet…… my trove is in my heart……….. my trove is filled with lessons learned, gifts bestowed and gifts returned, tears of joy and sorrow earned……the bittersweet and grace….. i…

the people next door are just like us……..don’t trust the goverment and think taxes are too high………work in their yard and eat too much…….yep the people next door are just like us the people next door have a story to tell, we know because we take time to listen as…

it is beyond my capacity………to fully appreciate the kindness You have shown to me……………………the peace i find when i am in your company is something i cannot live without………the safe and protected harbour You provide offers shelter from life’s storms……………a warm embrace awaits me when i step into your arms…………

look back at your tracks……..that’s why you are here…..if you don’t like the direction perhaps it’s time for someone else to steer…….i have a suggestion it made a difference in my life…..i turned the controls over to God and He has taken me routes i wouldn’t have chose and places…

then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee………how great thou art………God is too mysterious and big for your science…..i know because it isn’t all neat and logical it’s hard for you to accept…….that would be where Faith comes in……or in your case….not… if i wanted a God that explained…

God is the manager of this project i call life…..when the project is running smooth His directions are being followed without a fight………the project can get misdirected when i decide to run the show………when things fall apart and become a mess……He stops the project and sits me down and reminds…

i can see you are forlorn……..feel you have been scorned…….i know you’re not ready to talk………………i have a clue what’s going on with you……..seems it’s a pattern that you often take……..when you get tired of being defiant and hostile……..you know the look by now…….give me a call…… a week goes…

trying to get out of being a Christian of convienence…………going through the motions……..rote repetition of Biblical phrases doesn’t impress God………knowing the word and living the word is the distance between Earth and Pluto………… walking it out in focused supplication is honorable to God……..and that’s all that matters…………. do or don’t………but…

coming to…….i found You and never realized how valuable You are……….one thing to know about God and another to ask Him into your heart……. looking over the clutter and acumulation that i have garnered so far…….it was easy to see that a continuation would not produce the results i seek…….…

from a place of darkness a light shines down the path you have been here for so long you struggle to leave the past.. a few steps forward every now and then……..but you return as always, the darkness has become your friend……. a distorted and unlikely combination……but you have made…

time is the best teacher………probably not the kindest nor most patient………. time makes not exceptions, nor accepts excuses for those who don’t do their homework…….time doesn’t offer makeup tests…… don’t ever think you have Times’ ear or it will show you favor for having done your work well……..each day you…

this old horse has a long and crooked tale……..doesn’t turn on a dime anymore, never eats from a pail……..but every now and then he surprises us, jumps the damn fence and outruns them all…….. so i reckon i know when a bout is coming on…….he prances around the barn and…

if i just come to God when i feel troubled or out of alignment…….it’s like having a friend and the only time you hear from them is when something is wrong or they need someone to complain to……………that’s not what i want in a friendship nor does God……….. when God…

so i dig where you’re coming from and i buy into your philosophy…………i suppose i have put it off as long as i could….. the rest is up to me…….. it’s easy to expound on the virtues of having good and positive thoughts………..but when i step outside into this world…….the…

the ”gift” was given by the Holy Spirit…..my parents showed me the way……..they provided all my earthly needs……..but the the”gift” was the most important thing……..they made it clear they had their struggles…… their marriage attested to that…….but they loved the Lord…….i knew because they took the time to share and…

condensed version/ God did it, God does it………./the only way we have access to Him and His miracles is by the blood of His Son Jesus Christ….. save your money and /or throw the book away

you seem nice enough and you have no trouble attracting and keeping friends……….you are caring and compassionate is my perception in how you live, i hear you speak of guidelines and they seem to work……..at least at this point…..for you my only question is………where is Jesus you answer……what a fine…

re-reading an old work by James Allen i am impressed how the unvarnished truth remains timeless and always current and fresh…… i set my ideals on aspiring to render the truth in simple understandable language…… as the best meals are built around fresh ingredients and basic combinations…….so the best thoughts…

today is a special day for me and it happens occasionally i see the light that surrounds me and it changes as i move throughout the day the different hues that chages as the light plays it game with the colors on its’ palette it’s beautiful and it happens when…

i am fortunate for early on a seed was planted in me, as it began to grow i planted a garden of my own……..more seeds come all the time and i plant them and they produce vines that climb and grow inside of me taking me to places and lovely…

a gentle breeze runs across my soul……….bringing new things and taking others away………….keeps the winter wings moving towards spring…….and spring moving towards summer…….. i love the breeze in my face, keep’s what hair that’s left in a distorted mess, brush it aside and breathe in deep the magic of the…

after all the calamities……..things are looking up in your fantasy, but there is one thing that is missing……..that thing is God…….. i know it strikes a nerve in you and you think you did this on your own…….but if i recall correctly things had come unglued and God worked it…

there is always something to be learned…………even from chewing gum……….. about 3 minutes into a chew………….i’m done…….you’re just getting started……..and will continue for hours……………. i chew gum like i live………………..after the initial burst of flavor is gone……..my interest diminishes greatly…….shortly thereafter i’m done…… call it ADD or whatever term you…

it is attached to a man which he reaches a certain age……the laws of man now allow him the privaledge to do certain things…………….but it is not until he places himself under the law of the ”King” that he begins to enjoy a life he will find no other way……..…

i would not pretend that there aren’t days that are filled with calamities……but i find respite……certain in my uncertainty……. behind this flimsy facade……….is a rock solid belief nothing that comes before me…………..is greater than the God that walks with me…….. curve balls, trees fall, wind and rain and flood………would rather…

you knew what i was thinking………you knew what was in my head…….wasn’t a need to confirm it…..better left unsaid…… it is said ”eyes are the window of the soul”………..and mine where telegraphing a message and i could see it was getting through to you…..words would have led to an argument…

Life is the biggest, baddest, scariest roller coaster of them all……………..nothing else will ever come close……….. when you are riding high and you are looking at all the beautiful clouds out of the window……….you hear the engine sputter and stop and you realize you don’t have a parachute………………………….. or it’s…

known for sure/beyond doubt what can you claim to be……..certain i can think of hundreds……….taxes, sunrise, change, good things, bad things, growing older an on an on………………..just a fast as i think of them they all have contingencies…………………….they probably will happen but i can’t be 100% sure………………………………..except for one…….. one…

sure you want to keep it confidential………but you better talk to someone……..and it doesn’t have to be me…….that advice you’ve been giving yourself hasn’t paid any dividends that i can see…….. something about saying what you are thinking that sheds a different light…….and an added perspective can untangle the knots…