Just had a customer offer to gift us a Great Pyrenees/Alaskan Malamute puppy. I want it so badly, but don't know if it is a wise decision. We take our dogs with us almost everywhere and my car could barely add another giant breed dog. There would be no room for suitcases or coolers when we travel. Decisions. Decisions.

We are having a massive rainstorm in Wyoming in mid-December. Is this the end of the world? Ok, that is a joke even if I do believe our time left on earth is short, but this is the strangest weather I have ever encountered in my life. The East Coast is having unusually cold weather and we are having warm, wet weather. It is so weird! We rarely get this much hard rain in the spring. We've never gotten any rain in December in the 20+ years I've lived here. (Snow? Yes! Rain? Never!)

Wednesday night we had the most spectacular sunset. Because it was getting dark and I didn't want the flash ruining my sunset, I put the camera in night mode. I tend to shake, so I rested my phone on the hood of my car to take this picture. it turned out better than I could imagine. I was worried that the hood of my car would ruin the picture, but instead it reflected the sunset looking like a lake instead of the hood of my car.

My son will be graduating with a double major in computer science and math in a year and a half. He currently has straight A's and will be graduating from the honors program. We are wondering if he is best off going straight into the job market, or would he be better off getting a masters. He could excel in a masters, but college is expensive. I know the programming space is getting more competitive, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I was reading Leviticus 1 tonight. It describes the burnt offerings given at the Tabernacle. It talks of killing the animals, skinning them, draining the blood and pouring it on and around the altar. It talks about burning the entrails and dumping the craw and feathers of birds to the east of the altar. As I was reading this, I was thinking about how it must start to stink after a day of baking in the sun and much worse if they stay in the same location for a while. Then I noticed, at the end of the description of the burnt offering for each type of animal, it says, “an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the Lord.” That does not sound like a “soothing aroma.” That isn’t how I would describe it, but God sees things differently than we do. We see the outside and the physical. God sees the heart of sacrifice of those who love, obey, and trust Him. I think it is really the sacrificial heart that is the real “soothing aroma.” #biblestr #Bible #Jesus #grownostr