The Sunday before Thanksgiving Scott and I made the decision to put our Aussie, Little Bear, down. She had been having seizures for the past 4 years which were occurring every 9 – 14 days. On that fateful day, she continued to seizure for many, many hours without the increase in her meds taking hold. It was time, our Little Bear had struggled for years and years with meds and with seizures.
I miss my Little Bear. She was my friend….She was my constant shadow…Click, click, click would her little feet go as she followed me around the kitchen and then around the dining room table. Up the stairs… She was right behind me. Outside for a walk…she was by my side… Hiking the fall’s trails…never but a foot away from me. And now, my Little Bear is gone. I miss her presence in our home…in my life. There is a hopelessness that pervades my soul, for she can not be revived … ever. She is gone and never to return … ever.

While thinking about this hopeless feeling, I became aware of a thought regarding those people who lose loved ones. That this hopeless feeling may be similar to those people who have lost loved ones… for either a person who has lost a loved one OR for the person who has died… if either one of these persons does not truly know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, then there will be no hope of seeing that loved one again…ever. What a terrible, terrible loss… this hopeless feeling is so … terribly hopeless.

Having lost my Little Bear, I can understand hopelessness. But this hopelessness does not need to be so… for I have a HOPE… a glorious HOPE. That HOPE is found in my Lord and my Savior, Jesus Christ. He has died for my sins and has covered my sins with His blood. My sins have been pardoned and I now have the HOPE of eternal life in heaven with my Lord and Savior. I am a new creation for the Holy Spirit has quickened me and He has awakened me so that I choose Jesus as the King of my life. My eyes have been opened! My ears have been awakened to His Words! Alleluia Lord Jesus! You are KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS!!! To whom shall I go? YOU have the WORDS of eternal life!!! Alleluia!!! You are my HOPE!!!

Truly, friend, all is not lost… all is not hopeless …. FOR…HE can be your HOPE … and HE can be your family’s HOPE … and HE can be your friend(s)’s HOPE… BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRISTand THOU SHALT BE SAVED!!!