Note from the Editor:

 

To many, the love of a pet is right in there with the love of family.  As any pet co-habitator knows, each dog or cat that ever resided in our abodes, has a different personality than the furry friend before, or the furry fido down the street. 

 

We have personalities and God gave them to us.  That glob of white matter housed in calcium between our ears would be nothing if left up to us. In fact if left up to us we would probably allow it to just sit on the couch and stare globily at American Idol. 

 

Have you ever seen the dog lay on the couch and globily stare at American Idol?  No.

 

Fido or Fluffy may appear to be house debris from time to time, but just let a dog bark 3 doors down or a kitty howl across the street and Fido and Fluffy are up and running, doing what Fido and Fluffy do only to return and seek the approval of their human companion. 

 

Yes, Fluffy and Fido are true friends and friends have God-given personalities and God-given souls.

 

When our pet passes, darn, it hurts.

 

I recently lost my little Doobie Dan.  He'd been a faithful friend to our family for 16 years.  It was his "time" and I had to take him to the vet and do that thing we all hope we never have to do.  I had never done it before.  I hope I never have to do it again, but yet I know I will.

 

I took him to our own local Dr. Price.  Upon my departure, he handed me some literature that he had prepared to offer comfort to those who had done what I had just done.  With his permission, I am publishing it.

Will My Pet Be in Heaven?

"In Job, Chapter 12, vs 7-10, we read that all the animal kingdom knows that it is God who has made them and in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.  It is God who has made them and it is God who is maintaining their life.

     Revelation 5:13
"To Him sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."