A Month at the Beach in Winter: A Contrite Heart

I was feeling sorry about the way I have been treating Evie lately, and so when we woke up I gave her a nice belly rub and the surprise of moist food in a bowl as her paws hit the floor.

I realized that we had gone from zero to sixty in the past few days and were both feeling tired from all of the exertion.

So I resolved to go a little easier on the walking and a little more on the resting so that she and I might have a little less wrangling with (what is left of!) her leash.

After our slower start this chilly morning, we headed out to the ocean to see what was left of the dawn...and were pleasantly surprised!




And so I asked God to forgive me and help me to do better today as we walked along.

"It's a new day!" Was ringing in my head.

And seemingly in answer, the sun popped up over the horizon.




And after 2.5 miles or so, we were almost back, when our neighbor with the beautiful pyrenees mountain dogs stopped to chat.

(Here is a picture I took of them yesterday.)




"There is a wonderful dog park in Myrtle Beach that I take our dogs to several times a week to get all of their running done! You should check it out."

Imagine that, an answer to prayer without my even mentioning it.

A contrite heart, oh Lord, you will not spurn. (Psalm 51: 19)

Puppies will be puppies.



Besides, who can stay mad long with a face like that?!



Love, Ronda