Oh Phil that is so wonderful and precious. How good is our God!


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From: Phil Scovell  <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, February 1, 2016 10:13 pm
Subject: Followup words on Barney

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> I failed to mention the most important part of this experience putting 
> Barney down.  The afternoon we put him down, my mind went back to all the 
> dogs I had as a boy and all the dogs we had when our kids were little.  We 
> had a lot of pets come and go in our household.  The next day, I was walking 
> through the house to my office and thinking about how sad I was about Barney 
> when a picture of his head flashed into my mind.  The first thing I noticed 
> was the fact it was a small picture as if you were seeing the picture on a 
> postage stamp from a hundred yards away.  I said, in my thoughts, Lord, what 
> is this?  No words were spoken but I felt the answer plainly.  If I put 
> words to what I felt, it would be this:  "He is a long ways away but still 
> with us."  I instantly was aware of what the Lord was saying.  Barney isn't 
> really gone, in a manner of speaking, because Jesus is taking care of him 
> for us.  Every time Barney comes to mind now, I see his head very far away 
> but I feel good about where he is right now and especially since Jesus is 
> taking care of him for us.  I've been teaching people about prayer for 
> almost 15 years and through that teaching, I have said Jesus can heal the 
> most damaged emotions.  I'm not for sure how much I believed it before but 
> the way the Lord healed me this time, proves it is true to me.
> 
> Phil.