Category: dog

Cool Gift

by Tonya LaLonde, posted in appreciation, assurance, dog, encouragement, God, thanks, walking

Blue (our dog) and I walked this evening just as the sun was setting. As we finished our mile, i looked up and was admiring the few starts becoming visible and thanking God for being with me and I saw a gift from God, a shooting star. It felt like a validation so it felt good and I am very thankful. God is so good, even when we are at our worst. His love is so faithfully consistent!😃❤️

Still a Wild Animal with Hope

by Tonya LaLonde, posted in accountability, action, America, assurance, choice, choices, dog, encouragement, God, hope, leadership, life studies, morals

We have had our adopted dog Blue since January. And he is family and knows how things work and his place. He is house trained (thank God!) and leash trained and we do one or two long walks a day and about 4 very short walks. We go to the dog park every day or two also to let him run without a leash and just break loose. He eats well, drinks filtered water, is very healthy now with a shiny, soft coat, has a comfy dog bed, sleeps in my son’s room, etc. All this, and he still bolted for a squirrel, got loose from my grip and continued into the only woods on our walking route and had to be caught. Ran like a wild animal with no family that needed to eat that squirrel to live or something.

He is still a wild animal through it all. He is programmed to survive.

And I got to thinking about that. What separates tame from wild? Circumstances? Timing? Breeding?

What about people? What separates Godly from ungodly? Circumstances? Timing? Family upbringing?

For people, it is more. We have the power within our minds to reason and choose morality. We also can ask God for more wisdom and strength when times get tough. This is our God-given built-in, our brain.

And if we stay close to God and choose morality and reason, there is no problem we can not overcome. This is true personally, as a family, as a business, as a state, as a nation, as the kingdom of God.

This is hope, friends. Praise God!😄❤

Dog Park Find

by Tonya LaLonde, posted in appreciation, dog

We have now had three visits to the new to us (about one year old) dog park that is just 10 minutes from our house in bad traffic. So exciting. Our dog is living to run free off his leash, something our annoying HOE does not allow (I mean, we could use a few less stray cats lol). And it is good we all are running around with him. He is impressively fast! He was running alongside a greyhound mix and was inching ahead of him. He is just super fast.

And I miss that. I miss living on the farm with a 14-acre yard and a 250-acre field to run wild with the dogs through. So, here is my theory. If I can ever buy some land again, I will. And if I can’t in this life, I will ask God for some field time in heaven. Lol.

For now, the dog park is our new best friend.❤