“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” -Psalm 27:14 How much of my dog’s life is spent waiting for me? Waiting . . . To go on a walk To go outside to play For my return home For her dinner The other day we ran into one …
"You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11 © 2019-2022, Lessons from a Lab, Beth Alisan. All Rights Reserved.
The amount of daylight is diminishing with each passing day. This weekend the clock will fall back plunging our evening hours into darkness. You don’t realize how dark the night is until you have a black dog. All our Labrador Adi has to do is go beyond the glow of the house and she is enveloped …
Jesus said, "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 Our daughter snapped this photograph as we traveled home from our youngest’s soccer game. A brisk walk around the sports complex combined with some people watching and followed by an hour of intently watching a …
Time and again our black Lab Adi has brought me the same pair of shoes. One day as I accepted my Croc flip flop from her again, I took a moment to give it a good look over. Yes, it had the wear and tear of frequent use, but it lacked a single tooth mark. …
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14 My study of Jesus' "Sermon on the Mount" continues and from …
Our black Labrador Adi was eight-weeks-old when we took her to visit our veterinarian for the first time. As we were entering the office, an older gentleman with a cat carrier was leaving. He took one look at the 12-pound bundle of happiness in my arms and chuckled. “Hope you have a lot of energy. …
Maxine Nova Adi & Summer Ask and it will be given to you; Seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 Right now for my personal Bible study, I am working my way through Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount.” This past week found me in the 7th …
"Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?" -Job 2:10c, NLT When we got our black Labrador Adi, our family grew to include her family. Over these last five years we’ve watched as her mother Lady and older sister Diamond aged with grace. We’ve also watched her littermates …
Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Psalm 72:18 Praise be to His glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. Psalm 72:19 This month's photos come from our mountain trip taken earlier this summer. They are paired with praises …
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