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I got up this morning to go for a run down by Boyd Lake with Sully our Australian Shepherd.  What a beautiful morning and we really enjoyed our run.  At the beginning of our run we went around a corner and there was something there facing us.  It was black and had its tail ready to fire…yes, it was a skunk.  Sully had been sprayed once before and he decided that chasing this black thing was probably not a good idea.  With God’s grace the skunk ran off and we did not get sprayed (been there…done that…bad experience).  Sometimes Sully is not the smartest dog in the world, but this morning he learned a lesson that saved him and I from taking a tomato shower.  I guess even Sully can be taught a lesson.  I was wondering how many lessons will I have to learn again because the first time was not painful enough.  All of this to say, my prayer for today is for “God to save me from myself.”  The Bible teaches that he chooses the weak and foolish things of the world to shame the wise.  I can get pretty critical with the people around me when they make mistakes, but to be honest I make some of the same mistakes again and again.  I want to learn from my mistakes and one of them is being so critical of others.  Anyone else out there guilty of that?  When we refuse to learn from our mistakes it stinks….just like being sprayed by a skunk!

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