Riley Rufus is our little black dog, he is part Labrador and Whippet. A strange combination for sure, but a beautiful lttle dog. He has been my companion dog since we adopted him in the year 2000. He has a bed beneath my desk, he is with me almost everywhere I go. If I am sad, he is there to cheer me up and if I am laughing, he wants to have fun. He is getting older and grouchy at the young pups in our household, but we still adore this little precious creature.
Living the Whole Life
I’ve taken some time to consider how to explain my heart when it come to my relationship with Chirst. He is for me the only life to follow. Simply, follow his footsteps. What did he do in his lifetime here on earth? He spent time with the Father in humbleness, in brokeness, coveting his time away from the world and having his intimate relationship with the Father. He earnestly sought out leaders to teach to carry on the message of salvation, to do the work that was needed to continue the message throughout the world. He spent time with families, talking to them, loving them, healing them. He was not exclusive, he was inclusive. His love was pure. So pure was His love for us that He ultimately sacraficed His own life to free us from sin.
With the knowledge of how Christ lived his life and ultimately gave up his life, I have chosen to live my life for Him.
Favorite Quotes
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there.
Edward Abbey
Poetry
SPRING UNFOLDS
Springs tempestuous days have begun
Sowing its seeds in the loam, impregnating with opulence
Churning the hidden treasures beneath the sod
Bringing color to the colorless
Welcome are the rainbows promised from old
As the deluge pours upon planted life, bedewing the cradle
Removed are the pillows of winter white
While the recurrence of nature begins anew
The sun makes it’s dramatic emergence,
Winking through the clouds, stirring the colors
Bursting through the inextricable sod, seeds give birth
Announcing that Spring is ready to come forth
Moments in time burgeon lucent bulbs
Birds give flight to fledglings, cocoons issue splendor
Trees unfurl eager tendrills, reinforcing winters quietus
Making way for the blossoms to bestow their bounty in fruit.
Triumphantly Spring has made her appearance
Engulfing the warmth from the suns rays upon its landscape
Changing the world from long dreary days to oppulant ones
Spring unfolds in glittering light brilliant colors and new life.
Jennifer L. White
Reality Shows
Yikes, they’re so addictable. I think my new favorite is Gone Country. I am still trying to imagine Dee Snyder or Bobby Brown really making a country album.
Going Green
Yep, we’re going green. We already recycle. That’s good. Next we are going to try solar eneregy.
Love
1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
Friendship
Happy is the home that shelters a friend. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship isn’t a big thing, it’s a million little things – unknown
William Shakespear
To me fair friend, you could never be old. For as you were when I eye’d your eye, such seems your beauty still.
All Things Positive
Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive. – Jean Paul Richter
It is a beautiful neccessity of our nature to love something. – Douglas Jerrold
A happy home is more than a roof over your head it is a foundation under your feet.
