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I've been rescuing dogs for 15 years now. But this dog, named Nathienal, is by far the hardest dog I've ever trained. He is also the second most abused dog I've taken in. he has pdsd with loud sounds and even a bit of excitement or surprise. His last home was a homeless man. Then, before that, an alcoholic who let him run miles a dog then locked in the basement when he was home. He used to have trouble being even brushed by at night and would snap. (My mom thinks he was taken advantage of.) He used to eat things like glass and plaster. He is the oddest dog I've ever had. He is scared of insects, hates spiders, hates water, terrified of hot food. When we first brought him home, it took 3 grown adults to walk him on a chain. because he had never been walked before. Hes allot better now. The snapping at night has stopped because for two years, every time I woke up during the night to go to bathroom i would pet Nathaniel for like 15 minutes and he can walk on a chain now. We had to implement a choke chain for a year with prongs, he moved on to a choke chain, and finally now a regular collar. But the pdsd is still a problem. Anyone else with a Dog with pdsd? What made it better?

Some Christians are confused about how to interpret the Bible because some people say that the verse isn't in context, and that's not how it's interpreted. What is even more unbelievable is that non-believers think they can tell Christians how to interpret the bible in this subreddit.. Remember the bible says, "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14, the bible is clear that the Holy Spirit will help you. Historical context and context is still important, but say the Lord talks to you through the bible. It's not always in context; sometimes it's more a literal meaning of the verse. like how it reads. Don't listen to these people who say the bible can only be interpreted one way. Our God is all-knowing, the bible can be true on multiple layers in the historical context, in the Literal Interpretation, in the Metaphorical Interpretation, in the Allegorical Interpretation, in the Contextual Factor. They can explain the historical context if they want or the in context, but as for reading the Bible and interpreting the Bible, let God help you. The bible often reads you. It's living and active.

I just cant seem to get my life together. One negative word from her and my plans crumble. Why can't I do it? Why? I go to bed too late then I wake up too late and then I feel like a failure. My job isn't doing too well right now and I also feel very self conscious about how heavy I am. I look terrible in the camera. I don't have any friends I want to go back to college. There's so many things I want to do. Instead I'm wasting my time. On books or over obsessing on what to do. My mom's not toxic she's just had a very hard life. I just wish she would be more optimistic. but even with that I shouldn't expect my mom to validate me when she's never did growing up. I should only depend on myself and my religion for myself worth.

I just cant seem to get my life together. One negative word from her and my plans crumble. Why can't I do it? Why? I go to bed too late then I wake up too late and then I feel like a failure. My job isn't doing too well right now and I also feel very self conscious about how heavy I am. I look terrible in the camera. I don't have any friends I want to go back to college. There's so many things I want to do. Instead I'm wasting my time. On books or over obsessing on what to do. My mom's not toxic she's just had a very hard life. I just wish she would be more optimistic.

The Kite

My waking dreams are best concealed,
Much folly, little good they yield.
But now and then I gain when sleeping
A friendly hint that’s worth the keeping.

Lately I dreamt of one who cried
“Beware of self, beware of pride;
When you are prone to build a Babel
Recall to mind this little fable.”

Once upon a time a paper kite
Was mounted to a wondrous height,
Where, giddy with its elevation,
It thus expressed self-admiration:

”See how yon crowds of gazing people
Admire my flight above the steeple;
How they would wonder if they knew
All that a kite like me can do?
Were I but free, I’d take a flight,
And pierce the clouds beyond their sight.

“But, ah! like a poor pris’ner bound,
My string confines me near the ground:
I’d brave the eagle’s tow’ring wing,
Might I but fly without a string.”

It tugged and pulled, while thus it spoke
To break the string; at last it broke.
Deprived at once of all its stay,
In vain it tried to soar away;

Unable its own weight to bear,
It fluttered downward through the air;
Unable its own course to guide,
The winds soon plunged it in the tide.
Ah! foolish kite; thou hast no wing;
How could’st thou fly without a string?

My heart replied, “O Lord, I see
How much this kite resembles me!
Forgetful that by thee I stand,
Impatient of thy ruling hand;

“How oft I’ve wished to break the lines
Thy wisdom for my lot assigns?
How oft indulged a vain desire
For something more or something higher.
And but for grace or love divine,
A fall thus dreadful had been mine