"Cheers to another year of wagging tails, wet noses, and unconditional love." ~ Unknown

Good morning. Today is Thursday, March 27, 2025, and, today we are recognizing the first birthday of our pup, Lil Miss Biscuit. Biscuit is, in a word, rambunctious. She loves. And, she is mostly lovable. Since she is a smaller breed, Shi Tzu/Chihuahua mix, she supposedly should be, at age one year, pretty much fully developed in terms of her physical maturity. The experts say she could move into a 'teenage' phase. Really? She already is a handful, so I don't know exactly what that would look like, but, I can say she already is stubborn so she has that going for her. Ha! My take on Lil Miss Biscuit is this: One would have to work at it not to love her. She will not allow it. And, if you were to try not to love her she will only love you more. Yikes! Sounds like I could learn something from this little feisty fetcher of a pup. What say you?

 

I think the concept of being a loyal opposition has pretty much disappeared in the political world we live in today. On all sides! Yep. I'm not sure doing what's best for our nation is ever front and center from those who, at anytime, happen to be out of power and in the minority. This actually transcends Trump derangement syndrome since both sides typically operate very much alike with regards to trying to destroy the team in power. I do know that politics is a contact sport. And, if you are not willing to mud wrestle you will likely have very little chance of winning. I look at the current state of affairs. It's obvious to me the opposition to the new administration is flailing to get hold of any negative traction they can. They not only make mountains out of mole hills but they come at it in what I would describe as near lunatics. On the other side, the drill is to make mole hills out of mountains. Here's something that is interesting to me. I've watched more than I should have the committee meetings where this most recent inappropriate sharing of information took place. The same people who said our nation was in great hands in the previous administration even though the chief executive was completely incompetent, now say our way of life has been compromised by this one phone call. The same people. Someone incapable of putting complete sentences together was not a security risk? But, this one phone call is? And so it goes, on and on and on. This is why so many Americans hate politics. Here's a quote I found regarding this situation: "Americans hate politics because it is ugly and brings out the worst in people. Politics plays on peoples emotions. The idea of a politician to get elected is to “get into peoples hearts”. Nothing will get people running to the polls like anger and fear. Forget about sound fiscal policy and good governance. Just get the person riled up on your side. All it is doing is dividing us as a nation. True democracies cannot hold up to this. We allow politicians to do that to us, and they are the only ones to gain from this." Stan Anderson, whose background is economics and history.

 

In view of this situation here's what I recommend. Limit time spent soaking all of this up. Spend more time in God's Word, in prayer, and, with family and Godly friends. I want to be even handed here. Both sides. Support those things that reflect the values God has called us to uphold. Oppose those that do not. Do so, knowing that God is the final arbiter of all things. All. He really does have the whole world in His hands and we can trust Him. Go ahead and sing that song. It will encourage our hearts. Today. (And, for me, it also includes plenty of Louisiana made Community Coffee!) Yay! And, Amen!