This past Friday I was on yet another dog walk with Bob and Rusty. As usual, Bob and Rusty had a contest on who could 'mark' the most things. No object is off limits. I try to avoid them from targeting newspapers and other things that people would be unhappy about.
On the way back to the car, they decided to visit some bushes. I noticed a bunch of bees buzzing around. Now that the weather is finally getting warmer, the plants are starting to sprout flowers.
I was able to pull Rusty away from the bees, but I think it was too late for Bob. He didn't yelp, but when we got home, he started to act odd.
Both back legs were shaking and he just stared at us with his mouth open. He wasn't able to walk very well. When he did, he hopped on one leg.
He mostly laid down and wouldn't eat a thing. The next morning, he was slightly better as far as walking. But when he did, he was moving very slowly.
However, he still would not eat. He slept the entire day. He didn't even move when I asked if he wanted to go for a walk. This was Saturday. We decided to take him to the animal hospital on Sunday if he showed no improvement.
When Sunday morning came about, we were so relieved.
He was back to being Bob. He was excited to go for a walk and he finally ate some food.
God heard our prayers and healed our special buddy.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Come Alive Concert
My home church (Idlewild Baptist) in Tampa Florida recently hosted a concert featuring Christian recording artist Mark Schultz. The show was sponsored by a local radio station - the JoyFM.
It was awesome to see my home church turned into a rock concert. The band was very energetic.
The opening act was Josh Wilson. He was a one-man band. He had a way of recording different tracks of instruments and layering them on top of each other. He was good, but everyone was there for Mark Schultz.
Mark came on stage and spent the first 15 minutes talking about World Vision and other ministries he supports. I thought that was cool since I recently started to sponsor a World Vision child from Guatamala.
After a short intermission, Mark began performing a 90 minute set. He played all of his hits and many songs from his new CD.
One special thing he did was recognize current and former members of the military before he palyed a video that he was asked to perform at the Pentagon. It was the first time that the Pentagon had asked a Christan group to perform there.
He shared a lot of stories form his life and how he got started in writing and performing his music. A lot of his songs are inspired from real events (children with cancer, an elderly couple who 'adopted' him, how he allowed God to finally 'write' his songs, etc).
A funny part of his show was when he started to sing the song "Shout". When he go to the 'low - quiet ' part of that song, he surprised everyone by singing the lyrics to the song 'PANTS ON THE GROUND' (which was recently featured on American Idol).
The crowd loved that.
It was an enjoyable evening.
To keep the memory alive, I bought some CD's so that I can enjoy his music on my IPOD.
It was awesome to see my home church turned into a rock concert. The band was very energetic.
The opening act was Josh Wilson. He was a one-man band. He had a way of recording different tracks of instruments and layering them on top of each other. He was good, but everyone was there for Mark Schultz.
Mark came on stage and spent the first 15 minutes talking about World Vision and other ministries he supports. I thought that was cool since I recently started to sponsor a World Vision child from Guatamala.
After a short intermission, Mark began performing a 90 minute set. He played all of his hits and many songs from his new CD.
One special thing he did was recognize current and former members of the military before he palyed a video that he was asked to perform at the Pentagon. It was the first time that the Pentagon had asked a Christan group to perform there.
He shared a lot of stories form his life and how he got started in writing and performing his music. A lot of his songs are inspired from real events (children with cancer, an elderly couple who 'adopted' him, how he allowed God to finally 'write' his songs, etc).
A funny part of his show was when he started to sing the song "Shout". When he go to the 'low - quiet ' part of that song, he surprised everyone by singing the lyrics to the song 'PANTS ON THE GROUND' (which was recently featured on American Idol).
The crowd loved that.
It was an enjoyable evening.
To keep the memory alive, I bought some CD's so that I can enjoy his music on my IPOD.
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