Rehoming a Petഉദാഹരണം

Day 4: Pets Are a Gift from God

A pet is a gift from God—and like all His good gifts, it's meant to draw our hearts toward the Giver. Simply put, pets, like all of creation, are designed to point us back to the Lord.

Every quality we cherish in our pets—their affection, comfort, loyalty, playfulness, or gentle companionship—is a reflection of God's own goodness. These glimpses of joy and love are faint echoes of the steadfast care of our unfailing God. And that is precisely why the loss of a pet can feel so heavy. Because in them, we have tasted shadows of something divine—reminders of our Creator’s character. Every beautiful trait we see in our pet now ultimately points to a God who is more loving, more faithful, and more enduring still.

Having a pet then is a significant responsibility—it reflects the Creator’s example and involves exercising stewardship over part of creation. May this point never be lost on us, no matter how our stories with our beloved pets end.

And so it is when we say goodbye, our pets are once again entrusted to the Hand that ordained their very existence. When I said my final goodbye to Laz, I placed my hands around his head, my tears softly streaming and said, “The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you.” And if Laz’s story can point even one person toward having a closer relationship with the Lord, then my ownership of him, and our years of love together, were certainly not in vain. Thank you for walking through this journey of the past four days.