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Posted on April 26, 2010 by sri.sulistiowati

I walked along the beach, sad and lonely. I had just retired after teaching for 36 years. i saw an old, crooked tree near on the deserted beach. I just felt I resembled that tree, old, bend, unwanted.

As I walked closer the tree, I saw there was a wooden box under the tree. The strange thing was that there was my name on the box. I knelt down and opened the box. A puppy popped out of the box! A golden retriever puppy. He looked at me with his big, happy, friendly eyes. I took him out of the box, held him and brought him to my retirement cottage.

He will accompany me spending the rest of my life as a writer and painter. I am sure I will not be lonely anymore. Thank God for His perfect plan for me.

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A dog and the scripture – another story for dog lovers

Posted on March 16, 2010 by sri.sulistiowati

I teach children of five to seven years old in a Sunday School. They are lovely kids and quite often they are critical. They ask many questions which sometimes I find hard to answer. When a child asks a question, I usually give the opportunity to the class to express their point of view. After they state their opinion, I give comments or conclude their statements.

One Sunday morning Jimmy whose father was a dog breeder asked me, “Ma’am, yesterday my Dad cut off the tail of our Toy Poodle puppies. Is it a sin or not?”

Frankly speaking, I was uncertain how I could answer that question. The practice of amputating the dog’s tail or cutting the ears of certain species of dogs is normally done. Before I could say anything a girl named Amy raised her hand and said, “In my opinion it is a sin, as Jesus said in the scripture what therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”

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For dog lovers – author unknown

Posted on March 11, 2010 by sri.sulistiowati

This is one of the kindest things you may ever see..

It is not known who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the postal service.

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet.. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, ‘To Meredith’ in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, ‘When a Pet Dies..’ Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey &Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn’t sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don’t need our bodies in heaven, I don’t have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I’m easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,
God