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A Lovely Thought

Jasmine crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. She would come running when she heard us talking on our patio. I sketched her during one of her visits. I took the photo of her on our front walkway. A treasured friend.

Just recently a lovely little animal died after a long and greatly loved life; her name was Jasmine and she lived next door as part of a neighbors family. She was the very picture of loving friendliness and never met a stranger. We were delighted by her frequent visits and looked forward to seeing her each time we were on the patio talking; she would hear our voices and come running to us to pay her respects and enjoy a few moments of cuddling.

Despite our neighbors best efforts the challenge of her years finally overtook her and she had become very frail; when my wife got news of her death she prepared the tribute above as a salute to a well loved feline friend and posted it on Facebook.

For some reason I was deeply touched by the expression “crossed the Rainbow Bridge.” The precious animals the Lord brings into our lives leave an indelible impression that never goes away. Each of those lives is so special and truly unique; each are pearls of great value and a rich blessing to those privileged to love them and share their lives.

We want to imagine some special destination for those dear lives that have so enriched ours and a mental picture of those dear souls crossing a rainbow bridge seems to help fulfill that need. I am confident that God’s love for those small parts of his creation is infinitely greater than ours! If we can love them as much as we do then God can love them even more; I suspect there may well be an unrevealed promise for those precious lives as God’s love continues to envelope them in the future.

“The Rainbow Bridge”