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Breeding quality Chocolate Labs since 2004! We strive to provide the finest Chocolate Labs we possibly can.

All our pups are hand raised and loved from the moment they are born. After years of breeding Yorkies, we have now turned our attention to Yorkie Rescue.

11/03/2026

Tuesday Morning from Critter Cove! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Origin of Self !

The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. (Genesis 3:6–7)

It’s been my experience that before I can fully conquer any problem, I need to understand the problem as well as possible, especially its origin.

To do that with “self,” we must go back, way back, to that ancient scene pictured for us in the second and third chapters of Genesis: the garden of Eden. What a super spot! Beautiful beyond description, a perfect, pollution-free atmosphere, luxurious foliage, fragrant flowers, crystal-clear water—that garden would make Tahiti look like a pigsty by comparison.

And on top of all the physical beauty, there was absolute innocence. No sin. Which means that Adam and Eve had a relationship that was free of hang-ups. The last verse in Genesis 2 verifies that: “And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed” (Genesis 2:25 NASB1995).

Naked. Laid bare. Open. Not just physically but emotionally as well. That explains why they were not ashamed. The Hebrew construction suggests they were not ashamed “with one another.” There was this remarkable openness, a lack of self-consciousness in each other’s presence. Talk about the ideal marriage! Their discussions, their actions, their entire existence were nondefensive, unguarded, and absolutely unselfish.

How could it be? No sin.

Therefore, no selfishness. Until . . . you guessed it.

Enter the devil with his alluring offer and exit innocence with its pleasurable benefits (Genesis 3:1–6). And the result?

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. (Genesis 3:7 NASB1995)

Don’t miss what that says about their eyes. They were opened. There was a sudden, shocking realization they were naked. Seems amazing to us, doesn’t it? You and I couldn’t be more aware of those times when we are naked. Just a half-opened zipper makes us blush.

But remember the difference. Suddenly, those two became self-conscious. They’d never known those feelings before. You and I have never known anything else.

What we read here in the Genesis account is the origin of self-awareness, self-concern, and selfishness. And it all started with willful sin.

Charles Swindoll

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Have a Terrific Tuesday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

And He said, “Who told you that you were
naked? Genesis 3:11

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

11/02/2026

Monday morning from Critter Cove!

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15

In one way, this passage seems like it ought to collapse under the weight of other text.

It appears to be completely out of place and almost contradictory in light of the fact that we as Christians are not just lovers, we are called to love like nobody’s business.

We love because God is love. We love because God first loved us. We love the Lord our God with all our heart, souls mind, and strength, and we love our neighbor as ourselves.

There are many commands to love one another.

Then there is the issue of the world. This seems to contradict our most beloved verse in the bible, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

So, it can make this text of ours so confusing.

Now, it is very important to note that this word “world,” is used in at least three different ways.

First of all, the “world” can refer to all creation. John is not saying here that we should not love this universe, this world, this earth that God created.

That is not what is being said here.

Secondly, the term “world” refers to the people that inhabit this world that God created. And God is not saying, “Do not love people. Do not love mankind.”

Absolutely not! We know that it doesn’t mean that, because the love that we are called to give, even to our enemies, the great commandment: “Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.”

So, John can’t be talking about the first “world’ here, and he can’t be talking about that second “world” here. That would be a contradiction.

However, there is a third use of the term ”world” and that third use refers to the spiritual realm that is in opposition to God and in rebellion against His kingdom.

It is that third sense of “world” that is being discussed here.

So, when John says, “Do not love the world,” he says your love becomes sinful when it is directed at that system that is anti-God, that system that is anti-kingdom, that system
that is satanic.

You cannot love the world and love God simultaneously. In
fact, in our salvation, we are taken out of the world. We are taken out of that system. We are brought out of darkness and into His marvelous light. We transfer kingdoms. We transfer allegiances, but if our love is still for the world our allegiance has not legitimately been transferred, which is why in 2:19, just after our passage, John says, “They went out from among us, because they were not of us. If they had been of us, they would have remained. But they left, so that it might be known,” so that it might be obvious, “that we might see that they were never ours.” They were never His, because
their love, their affections were pointed at the system that is opposed to God.

1 John 5:4, “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world—our faith.”

John 15:19, “If you were of the world, the world would love you as it’s own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”

We’ve been sent into the world to proclaim the gospel, but we are not of this world, we are in this world, but not of this world, and we are most assuredly not to love this world.

Voddie Baucham

Have a Marvelous Monday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

11/01/2026

Puppies!

11/01/2026

Puppies!!

11/01/2026

Sunday Morning from Critter Cove! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

A passion to obey God doesn’t just spring up, full-blown, the second we get saved. We do enter our new life in Christ with a desire to please Him, but a determined pursuit of His will develops over time.

In fact, many of us often begin our walk with mixed motivations: relief, gratitude, a desire to make things right. But as we grow in faith and learn how deeply God loves us, something shifts. What may have started out feeling like obligation quietly becomes devotion.

Progressing from one motivation to the other begins with what you might expect: a growing knowledge of the Lord. As we dig into God’s Word, we learn who He is—His heart, His character, His will. We begin to see how He has provided in the past and trust that He’ll provide in the future. We’ll recognize the wisdom of obeying our heavenly Father, not just because of the promised blessings, but because He knows what’s best and loves us.

Wherever you are on the spectrum between obligation and devotion, there’s a way to move in the right direction. Commit to obeying God and reading His Word daily to learn how to stay faithful. God is with you in the pursuit and eager to complete what He has begun in you (Philippians 1:6).

Charles Stanley

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Have a Worship-filled Sunday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

10/31/2026

Saturday Morning from the Road! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
Hosea 13:5

Yes, Lord, You did indeed know me in my fallen state, and You did even then choose me for Yourself. When I was loathsome and self-abhorred, You received me as Your child, and You satisfied my longings. Blessed forever be Your name for this free, rich, abounding mercy. Since then, my inward experience has often been a wilderness; but You have kept me still as Your beloved and poured streams of love and grace into me to gladden me and make me fruitful. When my outward circumstances have been at the worst, and I have wandered in a land of drought, Your sweet presence has comforted me. Men have ignored me, and I have been scorned; but You have known my soul in adversities, for no affliction dims the luster of Your love. Most gracious Lord, I magnify You for all Your faithfulness to me in trying circumstances, and I deplore the fact that I have at times forgotten You and been proud of heart when I have owed everything to Your gentleness and love. Have mercy upon Your servant in this matter!

My soul, if Jesus acknowledged you in your lowly condition, be sure that you own both Himself and His cause now that you are in prosperity. Do not be puffed up by worldly successes, and do not be ashamed of the truth or of the poor church with which you have been associated. Follow Jesus into the wilderness: Bear the cross with Him when the persecution heats up. He owned you, O my soul, in your poverty and shame—never be so treacherous as to be ashamed of Him. Let me know more shame at the thought of being ashamed of my best Beloved! Jesus, my soul cleaves to You.

Charles Spurgeon

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Have a Sensational Saturday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
Psalm 23:1

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

10/30/2026

Friday Morning from the Road! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:22-25

Lamentations was written in rubble. Jerusalem had been destroyed, the temple lay in ruins, and the people were scattered, bereaved, and bewildered (Psalm 137:1). Yet somewhere in the middle of that grief, the writer paused to say something astonishing: “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning” (Lam. 3:22-23).

If ever there was a moment when God’s goodness might have seemed to run out, this was it. But the writer was able to look at the wreckage and see, beneath it all, the unchanging faithfulness of the Lord.

God’s steadfastness isn’t tied to our circumstances or our performance. It isn’t thinner on hard days. It is unwavering, patient, and always there, like a spring that never runs dry, renewing itself each morning whether we notice or not.

That means there is never a day when God’s goodness toward you has worn out. Not when you’re struggling or when you’re grieving. Not even when you feel far from Him. His compassions are new this morning, and they will be new tomorrow. Whatever today is asking of you, know this: The love that has held you until now will keep on holding you.

Charles Stanley

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Have a Fantastic Friday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? Romans 2:4

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

10/28/2026

Wednesday Morning from the Road! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:13-14

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord” (Ps. 27:14). Remarkably, these encouraging words occur at the end of a psalm that spoke of David’s enemies, fears, and sense of abandonment.

How interesting that he could conclude with a determined command to himself: “Wait.”

Waiting is one of the hardest things we do as believers. It’s easy to think of waiting as passivity—in other words, as empty time, when nothing is happening. But the waiting David describes is something else entirely: active trust. It’s the soul’s refusal to give up on God when the answer hasn’t come, the door hasn’t opened, the healing hasn’t arrived. It’s choosing, in the middle of the silence, to believe the Lord is still good and still near.

Most of us aren’t just waiting for small things. We’re longing for a relationship to heal, a child to return, a diagnosis to change, a hope to come to life. In that kind of waiting, the temptation isn’t merely impatience; it’s discouragement—the slow erosion of belief that God is at work.

That’s why Scripture urges us to be strong and take courage. God hasn’t forgotten (Isaiah 49:15-16). The waiting isn’t wasted. We simply keep looking for Him.

Charles Stanley

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Have a Wonderful Winning Wednesday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

"Be still, and know that I am God". Psalm 46:10

Abundance > Steal, Kill, & Destroy

Believer, Keep on!

10/26/2026

Monday Morning from Critter Cove! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5)

Maybe we should confess that one reason we find it so hard to set selfishness aside and adopt the spirit of a servant is that we’re driven by dreams of success. We want to be winners.

Face it; we live in a success-saturated society. Right next to the books applauding our selfishness are dozens of bestsellers telling us how we can be more successful. Hundreds of books and magazines every year, along with hundreds of videos and hundreds of seminars, offer new ideas and new motivation techniques that have the promise of prosperity. Success is big business. No wonder thinking like servants is so hard.

Curiously, however, few ever address what most folks want (but seldom find) in their pursuit of success: contentment, fulfillment, satisfaction, and relief. On the contrary, the roads that are supposed to lead to success are not only rocky; they’re maddening. As the Executive’s Digest once reported, “The trouble with success is that the formula is the same as the one for a nervous breakdown.”

And what formula is that? Work longer hours, push ahead, let nothing hinder your quest—not your marriage or family, not your convictions or conscience, not your health or friends. Be aggressive and, if necessary, mean, as you press toward the top. You gotta be smart, slick, and sly if success is the bottom line of your agenda. It’s the same old fortune-fame-power-pleasure line we’ve been fed for decades.

At the risk of sounding ultra-simplistic, I’d like to offer some counsel that stands 180 degrees in contrast to all the above. My suggestions will never appear in the Wall Street Journal or as part of the Harvard Business School curriculum, but they do represent a philosophy supported in Scripture.

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. (1 Peter 5:5–7 NASB1995)

These verses address three crucial realms related to true success: authority, attitude, and anxiety. And the best part of all is this: following God’s directives will bring the one benefit not found in the world’s empty promises—a deep sense of lasting satisfaction.

It’s what we could call the forgotten side of success. And I would add that it is the success that will come to those who wish to develop the heart of a servant.

Charles Swindoll

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Have a Marvelous Monday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Mark 8:36

Abundance > SKD

Believer, Keep on!

10/25/2026

Well folks, all the puppies are spoken for. We hope to have another litter around the same time next year. So, stay tuned. God bless. And puppy buyers, you all promised pictures. 🥰

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