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My Baby Doll - Part VII
I found you lying dead on my kitchen floor.
It was sad because you couldn't be my dog anymore.
On August the 27th of 2013, I adopted you.
It was a really wonderful thing for me to do.
I named you after my late mother when I named you Agnes.
You were special and when I adopted you, I was truly blessed.
You were a wonderful dog who I will never forget.
You were like a daughter and you were a great pet.
As a dog lover myself, and
As a dog lover myself, and the person who belongs to an elderly chihuahua who is beginning to ail, I understand your feelings, as I anticipate the inevitable and unavoidable day. However, as a Christian, I believe that Christ's sacrifice on the cross began the slow restoration of the whole Creation back to its pristine condition which it will achieve on what Saint Paul called "the Day of Christ Jesus" in the Philippian epistle. He also said the whole creation eagerly awaits the revealing of God's children; and that which is deceased cannot eagerly await I believe, on this basis, that all into which God has breathed life will be restored to eternal life---this is God's plan, from the beginning, anyhow. Those who have chosen to do unrepented evil will also choose to live apart from God, in the hell prepared for the devil and his demons. Since animals cannot choose sin, they need not choose hell, so, as I hold in Faith, all of the sinless creation will be restored, including Agnes and all the dogs I have loved through my life.
That said, I do think the fourth line sounds a little self-serving. I doubt you meant it that way, but it does need some repair to say it a little better than it is now.
Still, this is a great tribute to Agnes, and a reminder to appreciate the time we have with our pets while we have it.
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