The Enlightenment of Loss

Last week my wife and I had to put our Lab Chow mix down. For thirteen years he was our friend and loyal companion. As they injected the drug my wife comforted him and told him that it would be ok to just go to sleep. The thought of the scene she described overwhelmed me and I started to weep for the pain was deep with-in. My wife came home to comfort me for she is much stronger than I when it comes to loss, then we comforted each other for we are one in the eyes of God. I started to reflect on the sacrifice that God made by sending his Son to bear the pain and burden of our sin. The strength and self sacrifice, love and compassion of that single act is so amazing that it overwhelmed me and the tears of revelation softened my soul. In that revelation I gained the knowledge that sacrifice and loss is what opens the doorway that leads to compassion. We miss our dear friend but do believe he now lives in a place free of all the pain and suffering. We do believe that anything created by God that shares so much of the heart will no doubt live forever in our soul making him a part of our spiritual existence and a example of the words love, companion and friend. We love you Rebel.