Go even future and look into what other religions teach about animals and
their souls. And realize how arrogant people are who believe they are the
only ones God cares about. And remember further (OK I have had this
discussion with some well meaning people before) animals were not thrown out
of the Garden of Eden, people were. Animals need no redemption. They are
as they always have been and always will be------the perfect works of the
Creator.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Dreams
I feel your pain Michelle. It's pretty intense for
you too.
This may sound crazy to some of you out there, but
early this morning I got up to use the restroom, and
as I lay back down, I looked at the end of my bed
where Cricket used to sleep all night by my feet (why
there I don't know-lol). Anyway, of course Cricket
wasn't there, and as we are having a seriously
unseasonably warm winter here in Dallas, I felt
sadness because Cricket didn't get to enjoy
October/fall the way we normally did, enjoying the
breeze through the windows and going outside (new dog)
to explore in the great weather. As soon as that
thought entered my mind as I lay there, a calm male
voice came into my head and said to me, 'my child,
Cricket has gotten to do all that and more since he
left you.' It shocked me, but I felt I should say
something, so I said, "But I miss him so much and it
hurts." But that was it; no more voice. So I'm not
sure what to make of this, except that I believe that
an Angel or maybe God himself said that to me, which
is a good thing. The grieving and sadness is getting
less for me, the calmness more. I believe the Rainbow
Bridge website poem, which says that Cricket will be
waiting for me when I cross too. The website also has
quotes from the Bible regarding animals, and it's
funny: I study the Bible, but not what the Bible says
about animals, and have struggled like Michelle on
whether or not that animals are just 'gone' after they
die, or if they have spirits. I was really surprised
to see all the quotes in the Bible regarding animals.
It basically says that God has a covenant not only
with humans, but with all living animals as well.
Pretty neat for me. Please, I don't want anyone
thinking I am preaching. I wouldn't know how to
preach if I had to. lol. I am just sharing
information because I know some of you out there would
be interested. I learn something new here everyday!!!
For anyone who wants to see the quotes, the link is
here:
http://rainbowsbridge.com/Grief_Support_Center/Grief_Support/scripture.htm
:)
Wendy
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been following this thread and wanted to say
something, but I can not
figure out what it is that I want to say. I have
longed for a sign from
mine also, and fear that the lack of a sign means
either that there is nothing
after death or that they are mad at me for what I
did or did not do in their
last days. When I have seen them in dreams, I do
not know what that means
either. All of it is painful. If the good dreams
about them are a sign of
something, are the bad dreams about them a sign
also? Because I have a lot of those
too.
I relate to the feeling of thinking Maizee jumped on
the couch. We used to
take our dogs in the car a lot to go to conservation
land for walks, and it is
only recently, almost 8 months after our last dog
died, that I have stopped
thinking they are in the back seat. There are
certain words that Gray and I
used to have to say in code because the dogs
understood them and would get all
excited (e.g. walk, hungry, food, grandma -- they
loved my mom and knew her
by "grandma"). Sometimes we still find ourselves
avoiding those words, and
when we realize we don't need to anymore it really
hurts. I feel like I see
Simon every time I see a picture of a round-faced
orange cat. It has gotten
to the point in our house where most weeks have a
death anniversary in them.
This Saturday is Buddy's. It is about all we can do
sometimes just to go on.
Michelle
In a message dated 1/17/2006 5:58:56 P.M. Eastern
Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Wendy I feel the same as you do.I am still waiting
for a sign that she
forgives me and knows that I love her so much.It is
very hard for me still and it
has been 2 months since she left me and I still have
really bad days where I
cry my heart out.I keep asking her if she sent
Rafferty to me,he is such a
sweetie,he helps me on my low days.I know we will
heal to a point where we can
think of them and not cry.I have had a few weird
experiences since she
passed,my boyfriend and I both have. I was eating
popcorn and watching ER one night
and it felt like she jumped on the couch next to
me.I just smiled and said
hi Maizee.I wasn't even thinking about her at that
moment.Maybe if we don't
look too hard for a sign,they will let us know then.
Sherry
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
