by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 18, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11 NKJV) Do you ever feel you are playing a game of hide-and-seek while joy eludes you? I know joy is found in Jesus, but when you’ve spent...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 11, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. (James 4:7-8a NIV) On the weekends, we like to take Iva, my black Lab guide dog, somewhere different than our usual neighborhood walks....
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 11, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, (Psalm 30:11 NKJV) I kept repeating the word, enjoying my guide dog, Iva’s reaction as she did little half jumps. As a trained guide dog, Iva...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 10, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. (James 1:14 NKJV) Why do we yearn for the things that cause us harm? Chocolate is lethal for dogs, but Iva is drawn to its aroma. During our training at Guiding Eyes, Iva possessed an...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 10, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11 NKJV) As we walked down the sidewalk, Iva, my guide dog, swerved to avoid something. “Great job, Iva!” We...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 10, 2024 | Guide Dog Tales
Day 27 An Extra Set of Eyes Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near. (Psalm 91:9-10 NKJV) I have smashed my face into several poles over...
