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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
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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.
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> Phil.
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