Fifteen years and three months ago, God blessed me with a standard schnauzer named Trudy. Over these years Trudy became my closest friend and family on my little farm (as I have no children and lost my husband). She was a true blessing in my life from the Lord. Since then, I have often wondered if our Lord has dogs in heaven but if He does surely Trudy would be there waiting for me. I am sorrowful as she is failing from terminal cancer now. It appears I will lose her soon and give her up to God.

Pastor Jody, in Pennsylvania, shared with me that things in life, if they go toward the light, are always of God and life giving. Dearest Trudy has been of the light! She taught me love, faithfulness, compassion and loyalty. She was always at my side day and night, reflecting to me that the Lord has always been by my side. She was my steadfast companion of love and hope through my own battle with cancer and chemo. She never left my side as I fought for my own life. She reflected to me God’s grace in my Christian walk of faith.

I am sadly preparing myself for life soon to be without my precious Trudy. Her frailty reminds me that we all go home to our Lord one day and that there is a time for each of us to ‘Let Go and Let God’ so we may each return to the source of that light of love. I hope when I go home to the Lord and go toward that loving light, I will have touched others’ lives with as much love and peace and grace as you my dear Trudy have taught and touched me. God’s gift in my life, called to my side all these years, mirroring to me His everlasting love for us all, much of the time in the humblest of ways. These are life lessons learned from God’s gift to me, my beloved Schnauzer Trudy-girl.

May we all learn to love one another, to share His steadfast unconditional love, as Trudy did for me.

Doris

1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”