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Friday I had to put one of my dogs, Nala, down. She was a good dog but rather old for age. She was over 100 years old. I believe she had a stroke a few days ago and in the coming days she was getting worse. Anyway, I know

she lived a good life and she is now out of pain.

Any way you look at it the experience made me sad but it also drew my attention to one fact. We never know when our time is going to be up. The decision to put her down only came around 12 o’clock yesterday and she was

taken to the vet around 3:45 PM.

In many ways I am rather jealous for her. You see, she had people who loved her to decide to put her out of her misery. As humans, we are not given that choice. Drugs may be used to lessen our pain but only God is allowed to take

our lives. It is even more important for us to have a deep faith and leave our lives in Gods hands.

How do you say goodbye to a loved one? I do not have any answer for this. But as with everything else I will trust in God and in Jesus Christ to give me all the strength I need.

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