KingdomJRich said:
My Siberian Husky is a month shy of 15 years old and in about an hour we are putting him to sleep. I love dogs more than any other animal and this is very hard for me to deal with. I know its the right decision because he is suffering and constantly in pain....but I could use some prayer.
Pets and Christianity is not a topic I have really studied and if anyone has any specific Scripture that might be of some comfort in this area, please post it. Thanks.
This is a topic that is still heavy on my heart. I lost mt cat, Opie, of 12 years this past Jan due to an incurable liver disease.
I pray to God that you seek His wisdom and comfort in these trying times. I pray that God watches ober you and comforts you and your family at this time.
You are doing the most unselfish and humane thing possible. There is one verse that caused me to dive into a study on our relationship and stewardship with God's other creatures of creation.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
The world puts much emphasis on the subdue part of that verse. We ought to be concentrating on the Biblical definition of the word dominion instead. While online researching Biblical dominion (not Dominion theology) I ran across a book called, "Dominion: The Power of man, the suffering of animals and the call to mercy. It was written by a conservative writer by the name of Matthew Scully.
You can read a good portion of it here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=4lSplJ ... t&resnum=5
I logged into Amazon and ordered it a.s.a.p.
It's powerful and hard to read at times because it brings so much truth to light about the condition of man's heart. It's a worthwhile read nonetheless.
