The world seems a little colder, darker and harsher today than it did. Some things just don’t matter like they used to. Almost everything is different or at least quieter and while my house maybe cleaner, it is sadder. Sara’s last vet visit was last week because of heart problems and Bo had his last visit this week to stop his physical pain. And, yes, they were just dogs and I completely understand that this does not compare to you losing your spouse or your child. I hate that for you. I don’t know that pain and my loss does not equal yours. And if you are not a “dog person” then you won’t understand my pain and that’s okay.
My dogs were my constant companions for over fifteen years and all they ever wanted was to be where I was whether that was in the car, in the church or in the bathroom. 🙂 
They went more places, met more people and saw more sights than most dogs and attended more church services than most people. I’ve had dogs all my life but Bo and Sara were special and were gifts from God that helped get me through many other losses in my life and so I am most grateful to have had them but it makes losing them especially painful.
But in this pain, I have the peace of God that passes all my understanding. I am forever grateful for my friends and family that have prayed for that peace for me and I don’t understand how people go through grief without it. I can’t comprehend how people get through life without a relationship with God through His Son Jesus nor do I understand how you get through without a church family to help you. I’m so grateful for mine. Thank you, Lord, and thank you, Christ Fellowship.
I’ll close by hijacking the words of Habakkuk in chapter 3 where he says, “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
And no dogs in the church! 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior!
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He enables me to tread on the heights.”
I love you all and can’t wait to see you Sunday morning at 10.
-Todd