Yes...our God is good. Your words brought me comfort too!!

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From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Vicki
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 1:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Followup words on Barney

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


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

>
>
> 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.