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What am I …?"

THANK YOU, MASTER, FOR LOVING ME IN SPITE OF MY FAULTS;

FOR TAKING ME BACK WHEN I HAVE GONE ASTRAY;

FOR TAKING CARE OF MY EVERY NEED.

I, TOO, LOVE YOU --BLINDLY... TOTALLY... FIERCELY.

I WILL DEDICATE MY LIFE TO HONORING YOU, SERVING YOU, PROTECTING YOU.

I WILL STRIVE TO DEFEND YOU FROM THOSE WHO WOULD OFFEND OR ATTACK YOU,

I WILL BE EVER MINDFUL THAT YOUR WILL AND NOT MINE "BE DONE",

AND THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO "LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION,

BUT DELIVER ME FROM EVIL".

I SHALL NOT WORRY WHAT I SHALL EAT OR DRINK, MASTER;

HOW OR WHERE I SHALL LIVE; OR WHAT I SHALL DO

--SO LONG AS I KNOW YOU RULE MY LIFE.

YOU WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE, MASTER. MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS.

I AM NOTHING; YOU ARE EVERYTHING --THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

I WILL FOLLOW THEE, MASTER, ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,

AND HOPE TO LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE FOREVER, MY LORD.

NOW, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PET ME. GIVE ME A BONE.

I'LL WAG MY TAIL, LICK YOUR HAND AND QUIT YAPPING…!

--Q CARBONERO: Texas, 2005

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Well dog is god backwards...

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Beautiful sentiments, John! It resonates with me, too.

It's very humbling to realize that God and His universe love me and want to take care of me...simply because I exist. 🌺

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What a beautiful article. Thank you for sharing yet another one. Anyone who feels their faith is being tested would feel better after reading this. Thank you again.

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Thanks, John. What a beautiful and apropos analogy.

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John, as long as you don’t pee on the furniture legs, I’m sure you’ll be ok. (Wonder what God uses instead of rolled up newspaper to smack our …) Bless you!

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Tornadoes?

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Hey, maybe. After Harris lost, Cardi B said that why some states have hurricanes…

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Mark says it all https://youtu.be/s04ZeV2s4Gk?si=WdLVGwzt7_s_Hj-d

He wants to spend eternity with me

He wants to spend eternity with me

Of all the things that puzzle me

I can’t understand

The God of all eternity

Wants to spend the rest of it with me

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1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.

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