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Feed My Sheep

25 May

Feed My Lambs - James Tissot [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLast week there were so many fish in that Bible story.

Can we just do that story again this week?

What do you mean, I can go back and read it.

It’s not the same as hearing it.

Besides, I can’t read.

Oh alright, I’ll listen to the next story.

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When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?”

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I bet he really does love Jesus after Jesus helped him catch all that fish.

Well, is there a better reason to love someone besides food?

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“Yes, Lord,” Peter said, ‘you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

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I’ll feed Jesus’ lambs if He helps me catch fish.

I am listening.

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Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

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Jesus has sheep?

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The third time He said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.”

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I think I’d better get my herding type friends to help Peter.

Jesus might have a lot of sheep.

Yes, I’ll listen.

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Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

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I guess it’s a good thing I don’t have hands.

Nobody can stretch mine out.

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Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then He said to him, “Follow me!”

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Whoa!

If you follow Jesus you get fish, but then you might die for Him?

I have to think about this.

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Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

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I guess Peter was thinking about it too.

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Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

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I guess that says that.

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Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

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I don’t think that guy’s dead yet.

I wonder if he has any fish left.

I think I’ll go look for him.

 
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Posted by on May 25, 2014 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

 

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My Century is Best

23 May

Bongo and a century plantYesterday, when my person took her big camera and wouldn’t take me she said she was looking for smoke.

Well yeah, she found that smoke, but that wasn’t the only thing she was looking for.

She went scouting for century plants.

The place where she went to find smoke is also the area where we find lots of century plants this time of year.

But I think my person was being punished for not taking me along.

Because she hardly found any century plants there.

And the best one of all is the one right next to my trail.

The one we’ve been watching grow every day.

My person needs to learn that the best things show up when I’m there with her.

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So just to prove it, I actually let her take some pictures of my century plant.

Century plant next to Bongo's trail

Century plant

Century plant with red rocks in the background

But these better be the last pictures she takes – of something that’s not me.

 
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Posted by on May 23, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Where there’s Smoke…

22 May

Bongo in his kennel chewing on his frogHey, how come I don’t get to go?

That’s not fair.

That big camera always wins out over me.

It’s not like I’m gonna break your camera or anything.

I won’t yank on the leash and pull you over on top of the camera.

Besides, if you fell on your camera wouldn’t it be your fault?

So what are you taking pictures of?

Smoke?

That’s not very interesting.

You should be taking pictures of me.

There’s a fire?

Where?

You can’t leave me in dog jail if there’s a fire.

What if I get stuck in here and I can’t get out?

Those cats would leave the house without me.

You know how they are.

Are you sure it’s not that close?

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Okay, I’ll look at the pictures.

Coffeepot Rock with smoke in the distance

Yeah, I guess it is far away.

But what if it comes closer?

Smoke from fire in the distance

See, I told you this was gonna come closer.

Let me out of this dog jail and grab onto my leash!

I’ll protect you.

Oh, and leave your big camera at home.

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P.S. My person says we are safe from this fire, but asks for prayer for the people who have been evacuated from their homes, and for all the firefighters who are fighting this fire. This is the Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona between Sedona and Flagstaff.

 
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Posted by on May 22, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Lizard Without a Tail

21 May

Lizard without a tailLook at this.

This is the strangest lizard.

Or a poor excuse for a lizard.

It has no tail.

Well, it kind of has a stub where its tail should be.

But I think I know why.

We have lots of lizards on my trails but my person hardly ever gets pictures of them.

All we see of them is the tail end as they scurry away.

But this lizard is hanging out for pictures.

Which means, some time ago it must have hung out long enough for somebody to catch it by the tail.

And you know what lizards do when they’re caught by the tail?

They drop their tail.

And the would be lizard eater is left with just a wriggly tail in its mouth while the lizard scurries away.

But this lizard better watch it because now it has no more tail to drop.

At least until that little stub turns into a new tail.

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Get along little lizard.

Lizard on the trail running off

It’s about time you left.

Hey, I just realized something.

That lizard took over my whole blog.

Bongo sitting and smiling

Please forget that you ever saw a lizard.

This blog is supposed to be about me.

And see, I even have a tail.

 
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Posted by on May 21, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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She Needs One

20 May

Bongo in front of a car with a sign that says I Love My PetCheck this out.

No, not me.

It’s what’s behind me.

No, not the car!

It’s what’s on the car.

It’s something my person needs to get.

As a matter of fact, everyone who has a pet should have one.

But I don’t think my person cares.

Because if she cared enough she’d get one of those things.

Just to prove how much she loves me.

The sign says pet, not pets – so I know if my person gets one of these it’ll be about me.

Cats don’t count.

Besides, the cats are my pets – I’m just not allowed to get rid of them.

Oh, wait.

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I guess maybe you can’t read that sign on the car.

Sign on a vehicle that says I Love My Pet

Is that better?

Now to figure out how to convince my person she needs one.

A sign I mean. She already has a pet.

 
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Posted by on May 20, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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The Visitor

19 May

Bongo in dog jail looking sadI’m not sure who was up to the most mischief today.

My person, or the visitor.

You see, my person saw a visitor in our driveway today and you know what she did?

She came in, got her camera, and locked me in jail!

You hear that?

She locked me in dog jail.

I wanted to visit the visitor, and she locked me in dog jail.

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And then she went out to take pictures.

Sand snake near a tree

And what was that visitor doing in my yard?

And what was it doing hanging around waiting for my person to get her camera?

We’ve seen a couple snakes on my trails lately.

And my person used some excuse about them hiding before she could get her camera out, and she wouldn’t take any pictures.

But this snake – in my yard – hangs around waiting until my person gets back outside with her camera.

Without me.

I think my person and that snake had this all planned out.

Sand snake

Just wait till I get my paws on my person’s camera.

We’ll see who visits my yard then.

Monday Mischief Pet Blog Hop

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

 
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Posted by on May 19, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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So Many Fish

18 May

James Tissot [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsI have been waiting for this story forever.

It’s about one of my favorite things.

Fish!

I bet Jesus was even better at making fish appear after He was resurrected.

Yes, of course I’m listening.

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Afterward Jesus appeared again to His disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.”So they went out and got into the boat…

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Hey, wait for me!

I am too listening.

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But that night they caught nothing.

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Don’t tell them I ate all the fish already.

I was just hoping they’d catch more.

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Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

He called to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

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I hope Jesus doesn’t know I was swimming in the lake eating the fish.

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Jesus said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.”

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Here I go! Off to the right side of the boat.

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When they threw their net over they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

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Hey guys, I’ll help you with those fish.

I’m listening. I’m listening.

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Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish…

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…and one dog.

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…for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

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All that fish and bread too!?

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Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

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Oops!

Jesus will understand that I ate mine – won’t He?

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Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.”

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They are sharing, aren’t they?

I mean, that’s a lot of fish.

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None of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.

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That must have been a dream come true for those disciples.

But since we don’t have any fish here there’s something I need to know.

When’s Jesus coming to my house?

 
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Posted by on May 18, 2014 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

 

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The Coolest Place

17 May

Bongo curled up on the bathroom tileToday is the day.

It’s officially hot now.

And you know what that means?

Time to sleep on the tile.

It’s not quite as cozy as my bed, or the carpet.

But it sure is cooler.

So this is my spot for the summer.

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Bongo on the bathroom tile

Hey person, you don’t have to show the whole world that I’m sleeping in the bathroom.

 
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Posted by on May 17, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Mad Dog

16 May

Drawing of a mad dog's head I’m kind of bummed right now.

You see, there’s this dog that I’ve been seeing on my trails lately.

And our people won’t let us get together.

Well, today was different.

My person and I had just headed out the door to go to my trails.

We were about to cross the street to the trailhead parking lot when who should show up but that dog and his person.

My person made me wait where we were but they came right toward us.

Hey, they must live on my street.

Well, we got kind of close and then, you know what happened?

That dog started getting all mean and nasty toward me.

That dog started barking and growling and so I started doing some of the same.

Then that dog’s person made him leave.

I kind of wanted to follow that dog and find out where he lives, but I guess that’s not a very good idea.

I didn’t think it was possible for someone to not like me but ——I don’t think that dog likes me.

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Bongo sitting and smiling

Hey person, when are you going to draw a picture of me?

 
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Posted by on May 16, 2014 in Bongo, humor

 

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Unfaithful

15 May

Bongo sniffing jeansMy person came home with a very interesting smell on her jeans today.

It was almost as good as the smells I find on my trails.

But something’s wrong.

Those messages on my trails are left by my friends.

I recognize them by their smells.

But this was no regular message on my person.

And I didn’t recognize the smell.

Some stranger rubbed his scent all over my person.

This is bad – really bad.

How could my person let some strange dog claim her?

She should have told that dog to back off.

She’s already owned by a dog.

How could my person be so unfaithful?

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I had a pretty good idea what this dog looked like by the smell he put out, but just to make sure I grabbed my person’s camera.

She takes pictures of everything and usually it’s a pain, but sometimes it comes in handy.

And I was right.

There it was. A picture of that other dog.

The one that tried to steal my person away.

Sleeping pug puppyA

Hey, how come my person didn’t bring a puppy home for me?

 
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Posted by on May 15, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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