Good Dog

Good Dog

January 29, 2011

Our Australian Shepherd, Kelev (Hebrew for “dog”) has become quite the little man. Today was his first time at barking at strangers. My in-laws came over and Kelev gave a hardy bay at them alerting us that they was in the yard. I am very proud of him. You will often hear me telling him “Kelev Tov” which means “Good Dog” in Hebrew.

He is the whole family’s dog, not owning just one of us but all of us equally. He was wanting attention from Stewart and crawled part way in his lap. I think he remembers us holding him while sitting out side and wants to be a lapdog again. While Stewart was scratching him he wiggled around to face me and gave a cheeky grin, as if to say “Cheese!”

He is a bit spoiled, but we love him! Today I began training him to catch a Frisbee in mid air but I think he is a little too lazy for much of that. But that is ok because he is still a Kelev Tov.

Little Miracles

Little Miracles

January 29, 2011

A few weeks ago when a little storm came through we had a pine tree break off about twenty feet up and hung in the tree beside it. We worried and wondered how we was going to get the thing out of the other tree without it hitting my shed, fence, or arbor. It seemed hung in the other tree pretty tight.

Austin come in and said, “Mom, you remember that tree? It fell!” I was worried thinking it probably hit my arbor. I walk out on the porch and looked.

“I don’t see it.” I looked and looked again. Austin walks over to it and says, “Mom, you still don’t see?” I said, “No?” I had to walk out to the tree to actually see what had happened.

The broken tree top had came lose from the neighboring tree and swung down and stabbed into the ground making it look like it was just another tree growing in the cluster. It wasn’t until I walked right up to it that I could see where the tree was splintered from the break.

 

It was stabbed into the earth so well that Stewart went to push it over and it didn’t budge. I know GOD honored my unspoken wish of having that tree come down without damaging anything and also did it without the help of my husband which could have been dangerous. I thank GOD for knowing our needs and providing.
Mat 6:8  …for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

UPDATE: the storm that blew thru on Feb. 1st 2011 brought the tree on down and it is still a blessing because it only crumpled the wire fence… completely fixable!

the downed tree

the hole it jabbed into the ground

the awesome fact that it did not even break a fence post!