what makes me different from my dog

Sometimes I look at my pet dog, Chocolate, and wonder about his life. His days pretty much consist of eating and sleeping. I’d say he's either sleeping or laying on the floor for about 75% of any given day. And eating… Well, he loves food. Not so much the dog food that we give him every morning, but human food. He lives for human food. Anytime I’m eating something, no matter what it is, he sits by my feet waiting, anticipating a crumb on the floor or the occasional, intentional gifting of a piece of whatever it is I’m munching on. And it's times like that I feel like that’s all he really has to live for – a piece of popcorn that happens to fall on the kitchen floor.

the happy gospel

I just finished the book, “The Happy Gospel” by Benjamin Dunn (yes, a shameless plug – I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone). Through reading this book, the Holy Spirit definitely opened my eyes even more to the mystery of the gospel and gave me a newfound appreciation for its goodness. In fact, I could hardly keep my seat as I was reading. The Holy Spirit was literally leaping inside my stomach as if I had butterflies. I’ve literally been filled with joy over the gospel.

Testimonies - God the Father

God is good.

God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good. I’ve heard that so many times. But how many times do I really stop to let it sink in? Do I really believe God is good? Let alone, do I really believe He’s good all the time?

Something God has revealed to me over and over again is that I need to trust Him more. Not just trust Him with my burdens or trust in His ability to save people from their sins, but to trust Him because He is inherently good.