{"id":339,"date":"2019-01-16T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/who-said-im-not-dog-lover\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:16:18","slug":"who-said-im-not-dog-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Who Said I’m Not a Dog Lover?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five years ago, Payton, my then 13-year-old grandson, was quite the entrepreneur repairing and selling cell phones. He earned enough money to purchase his Australian Shepherd pedigreed puppy that came with a pretty hefty price tag! They lived in the Seattle area and had to drive a couple of hours north to see and purchase him, but left him until he was old enough to be weaned from his mama. What a twosome they were!<\/p>\n

I was a dog-liker, not a dog-lover. I lived in Tulsa and was visiting them. When I saw “Buddy” for the first time, Payton had sprayed his Papa\u2019s (my husband\u2019s) favorite cologne on him to be sure I was attracted to the little guy. I was. It probably didn\u2019t take the cologne, but it sure made me want to cuddle him even more.<\/p>\n

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Fast forward five years this month, and these two \u201cbuddies\u201d have grown up! And, so have I. Now, my visits to the Wallace\u2019s include Buddy meeting me at the door with tail wagging and running to the back door \u2013 his indicator for me to pitch the tennis ball to him. He loves it. And, I love him! Did you catch that? I became a dog lover! What\u2019s that about?<\/p>\n

We are creatures of habits when we say \u201cI\u2019ll never have a dog or cat or we\u2019ll remark \u201cI\u2019ll never eat that food or go to that place, or sit through that concert, etc., but then the habits get tossed out the window when a \u201cshift\u201d takes place in our thinking. Suddenly new likes and habits are acquired. Maybe you can think of something that you\u2019d never do and you\u2019re smiling as you read this post, because you did it and love it. The fact is life is about CHANGE.<\/p>\n

Thank God. He never changes. He is the one constant we can assure ourselves of daily. “I am the Lord, and I do not change.\u201d Malachi 3:6. \u201cHe\u2019s the same yesterday, today and forever.\u201d Hebrews 13: 8.<\/p>\n

I love hearing stories of people who said, \u201cI\u2019ll never be able to give up smoking\u201d and with grit and determination, today, they are literally \u201csmoke-free\u201d! And stories of an abused woman who thought she would never have a new life, and through Christ\u2019s mercy and her tenacity, is now an overcomer.<\/p>\n

We may waiver in our \u201cI will never\u2026\u2026\u201d but God won\u2019t. Maybe today\u2019s a good day to say \u201cI\u2019ll never say never and I\u2019ll be open to any change that makes me love greater and open up myself to whatever possibilities that God has in store for me.” May we awaken to the assurance that He KNOWS ALL and if we\u2019ll adapt to His ways, we\u2019ll come to appreciate what we didn\u2019t like before and even fall in love with them. Maybe part of our future includes changes that will cause us to enjoy the ride a little more! I\u2019m throwing in the towel and opening up my mind to possibilities! How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years ago, Payton, my then 13-year-old grandson, was quite the entrepreneur repairing and selling cell phones. He earned enough money to purchase his Australian Shepherd pedigreed puppy that came with a pretty hefty price tag! They lived in the Seattle area and had to drive a couple of hours north to see and purchase…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-australian-shepherd","tag-change","tag-dog-liker","tag-dog-lover","tag-entrepreneur","tag-gods-grace","tag-habits","tag-hebrews-138","tag-malachi-36","tag-new-habits","tag-new-life","tag-new-ways","tag-open-to-change","tag-same-yesterday-today-and-forever","tag-shift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9028,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions\/9028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}