"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." 1 Peter 1:3 Dear Reader, I hope that you personally know Jesus and have experienced the new birth and living …
If you were to catch a glimpse of me walking our two Labradors in the morning you might notice they are moving at the same rate but in a different gait. Dogs can have up to six different gaits. Three are considered common while the others are uncommon. Adi only moves in the common gaits …
"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;" Psalms 37:7a Today's scripture photograph of Adi's father Max lying at the dock is only a snapshot of Psalms 37. My hope is that this photograph will inspire you to pick up your Bible and read the entirety of Psalm 37. In that chapter you …
The lesson I share with you this month was written for a friend who is a waterfowl hunter and the owner of our black Lab's parents and littermate Maxine. Adi’s father Max was a working retriever until his death five years ago. The picture to the right of Max sitting in the duck blind inspired …
"You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29:13-14a Dear Lord, Thank you for each person who has stopped to view this scripture photo. May they each seek You today. Thank you that Your creation points us to …
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I am still playing catch up on posts and emails, thus I have an extra guest post for you today. I am pleased to present to you another beautiful doggy devotional from our guest writer Beth Alisan. I am an avid reader of the Lessons From A Lab devotionals by Beth, for their spiritual value and also to read what Adi (Beth’s beautiful labrador companion) is doing. I am thankful for both Beth and Adi enriching my Devotional time with our Father God. Todays post is yet another worthy read, I pray it blesses you dear reader.
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
As a member of a homeschooling, soccer family, our Labrador lives a very public life. Adi adores people and dogs, wanting to greet everyone she encounters. Thus, I…
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If you flip through my Bible, you’ll find verses underlined, notes written in the margins, the initials of friends and family next to verses I’m praying for them, and the stains of muddy paw prints. These paw prints were made by our Labrador in her effort to get on my lap after a trip outside. …
"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God." Psalm 42:5 The photograph used in today’s scripture photo was captured by my youngest daughter. Summer was waiting for morning lessons to finish so the kids would …
Five years ago this week our black Labrador Retriever joined our family. (Click here to read her homecoming story) Our sweet Adidas (better known as Adi) came as an answer to prayer. She’s the dog of my girlhood dreams. A dream I buried away in the recesses of my heart as a young adult. One …
"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; On those in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned." -Isaiah 9:2 Dear Reader, may you experience and walk in the light and love of Jesus this Christmas season and in the new year to come. Sincerely, Beth Alisan My blogging …
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