Ticked
June 5
Looking at Moses, our English bulldog, it appeared he had a big black beauty
mark on his cheek. I didn't remember ever seeing it before. At first, I
picked at it a bit, thinking it might be a clump of dirt, but it didn't
come off or apart. Obviously, it was not the consistency of a mole, so
I was back to a compact dirt particle. Taking some scissors I snipped at
it a bit and blood shot out, but Moses didn't wince. Then this old
brain clicked into gear...it was a tick which was sucking the blood
out of him and needed to be removed.
From time to time we need tick checks in our lives to see if the life
is being sucked out of us from a source which needs to be removed. The
source could be in human form or mental anguish robbing our joy, such
as fear, anxiousness, bitterness, doubt,etc.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you. Psalm 55:22
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are
of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-
meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8
Looking at Moses, our English bulldog, it appeared he had a big black beauty
mark on his cheek. I didn't remember ever seeing it before. At first, I
picked at it a bit, thinking it might be a clump of dirt, but it didn't
come off or apart. Obviously, it was not the consistency of a mole, so
I was back to a compact dirt particle. Taking some scissors I snipped at
it a bit and blood shot out, but Moses didn't wince. Then this old
brain clicked into gear...it was a tick which was sucking the blood
out of him and needed to be removed.
From time to time we need tick checks in our lives to see if the life
is being sucked out of us from a source which needs to be removed. The
source could be in human form or mental anguish robbing our joy, such
as fear, anxiousness, bitterness, doubt,etc.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you. Psalm 55:22
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are
of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-
meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8
