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Animal article continued from last page, click here! Geri
writes, “Losing Misty
reopened my unhealed wounds.
I thought Misty was going
to be one more creature
I loved who would be taken
away from me. In spite of
my anger toward God, each
day I prayed for Misty's
return. But I truly didn't
think I'd ever see her
again.”
Five days later, Geri's
sons waited outside their
house for the school bus.
To their surprise and delight
a worn out Misty joined
them. The dog had survived
for almost a week and traveled
eight miles through unfamiliar,
rough terrain, streams,
and woods to return home.
“I
thanked God,” Geri
says, “and realized
that this dog had restored
my belief in a God who cares
about me. She'd dug
her way out on the day I'd
been so depressed over my
ex-husband's illness
and remembering the loss
of my child. It was as if
she knew I needed her. She'd
traveled such a long way
to deliver the message that
I wasn't alone or abandoned.”
But
Misty's mission as an
angel animal wasn't
finished. When the dog was
pregnant and about to give
birth to her first litter,
Misty did something that
confounded Geri. Mother
dogs usually seek a private
place to nestle and give
birth, but Misty did the
opposite. As if she was
trying to give Geri the
life she'd lost when
her own infant son had died,
Misty climbed up on top
of Geri and settled down
on the woman's abdomen.
One-by-one, the dog delivered
her litter of puppies right
there! Geri says she didn't
dare move but lay there
in awe at the gift Misty
gave her.
Do
angel animals serve as messengers
letting you know that you
are loved? Has an angel
animal given you hope when
you were grieving? Is there
someone you could comfort
as the angel animals among
us so often do?
In
“Cat-e-Chisms,
Feline Answers to Life's
BIG Questions,”
which uses cats as models
for spirituality, author
Bill Zimmerman writes, “Provide
tranquility for others with
your comforting presence.
Don't hesitate to help
them in their time of need.”
(Hazelden, 1997)
Isn't
this what angels do?
Allen
and Linda Anderson, co-editors
of “Angel Animals:
Exploring Our Spiritual
Connection with Animals”,
founded the Angel Animals
Foundation to increase
respect for all life. Contact
them at 952.925.3309
or at AngelAnimals@aol.com
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