Attempting the "Heel"

I am on a quest to get this puppy to heel!! I LOVE to take walks and thought how enjoyable it could be to take nightly walks. We are having a hard time cooperating. I have tried the normal collar, a halter collar that goes around their belly, even ran to Rosauers last night to buy a chain choke collar and now today at puppy school I discovered the Halte collar (spelling, I am not sure). It's the 2nd one to the left. Our teacher, who I refer to as Aunt Marie (the female version of the dog whisperer) had me try this before I left. Kind of like a gentle leader, it goes around the nose so when they pull, it tightens their muzzle and is suppose to slow them down. Did it show her down????????????? Hmmmmmmmmmm... a little I guess in between trying to pull the dang thing off with her paws. I don't know how this will work out. It looks really uncomfortable. I will try to get a pic of her tomorrow with it on to post on the blog. I am worn out. I feel like I am in kindergarten all over again. Dog training is alot of work. I wonder what kind of "revelation" I can get out of dog training. Me and my revelations.... I got one, it's like God trying to teach you things and when you don't learn, he uses different things to bring you to learn what he wants but the more you fight, the longer it takes to learn the lesson. If you would just submit to it, live would be a lot smoother sailing... kind of like heeling :-)

Anyway, to all of the mothers reading this, have a Wonderful Mothers Day and Be blessed! Sarah had one of her old high school friends come to my door to deliver a rose to me today since she won't be home on Mothers Day. She is on her way home driving from LA, to San Francisco to Portland, to Spokane to Kalispell -to be home late Monday. Please pray for a safe trip and peace for the mom waiting to see her home safe and sound.

Beautiful Montana

Yesterday we went to Glacier. What a gorgeous day! We are so blessed to live here, just a half hour away from Glacier Park. When I looked at those mountains, that sky and the calmness of the water, I couldn't help but think of God's splendor and majesty. I just read a cool quote from Max Lucado: "If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner, and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need." Meditate on that one.

New Sunglasses

My friend stopped in one day last week to see their dad who works at the jail and I ran into them as I was getting off the elevator delivering the mail. Aren't they adorable!!! They were so proud to have me take their pic with their sunglasses! I told them I needed to take their pic so I can put them on my blog. And my dear friend Stacey just gave me directions on how to get a picture from my cell to my blog! Thanks Stacey! I am learning something new every day!

Revelation - People are watching

Wow, I had a revelation today as I was having a conversation with a friend. I work for the county and one part of my job is delivering the mail to all of the departments. There are always attorneys hanging out in the court areas discussing things to one another. There is one attorney that I see alot and he is very loud, obnoxious and has the foulest mouth. He seems so unprofessional to me. I hate being around him because everytime he is up there he is cussing to one of his collegues and everyone hears him. I guess when I think of an attorney, I somewhat want to have respect for someone in a position like that. It is a profession I would want to admire, being the knowledge and education they have . If my daughter went into law and became an attorney, I would be very proud of her. Not saying all attorneys are upstanding individuals but you get the drift, right? Well as I was discussing this individual to her and how he got on my nerves and how unprofessional I thought he was, I stopped to think for a moment while I was listening to myself talk. I thought, as a christian, that is how people want to see us, maybe not professional but disciplined, talking nicely and kind, not cussing, etc. For someone to see us acting the opposite dissapoints them in a way. I had to stop and think even thought I didn't tolerate this certain individual and what he was doing was unprofessional and obnoxious, I can be that way too in my christian walk. It made me realize that people are watching me and expecting more out of me. I want to leave good thoughts with people when I walk into a room. I don't want to discredit my belief in God and have them mocking me as I walk away. And I probably should be praying for this guy too. That is what I wanted to blog about tonight.

Prayer: Lord Jesus help us to be the fragrance of Christ wherever we go. Thank you that you forgive us so freely when we come to you and repent and that you are not a harsh judge. Help us to lead a good example to others because of the grace you have given us. Amen.