As usual, we did our weekly errand running and grocery shopping
today. Since Frank did the driving, he suggested we take yet another
book by Carol J. Adams with us that I could read aloud. This one,
entitled God Listens to Your Love, Prayers For Living With Animal
Friends, is the second book in the God Listens series by Carol Adams. (I
wrote about God Listens When You Care in my 13 January 2006 Blog and
about God Listens When You’re Sad in my 18 January 2006 Blog.)
As I’ve mentioned before, although these books are written for
children, they are excellent for anyone, regardless of age, who loves
animals. This time pages 43 and 44 got a big response from Frank and me.
The heading of this section is: “Why can’t my animal friend come to
church with me?”
Reading these words brought back memories. One memory was of a Sunday
morning when Frank had been invited to be the guest pastor of an area
church. We had been to this church before and, as usual, there was a
friendly cat who showed up at the door. Members of the church told us
that the cat’s name was Pandora. As always, we made Pandy feel welcome
in the church, and she would often spend her time on the altar during
the service. This particular Sunday, Frank picked up Pandy and held her
in his arms during the youth story time. She loved the attention and
behaved beautifully! And everyone there was happy, especially the
organist who cared for several formerly homeless kitties!
God Listens to Your Love has spaces for writing in your animal
friend’s name and other notes, as well as a page for a photograph or
drawing of your animal friend. This little volume will be treasured as
it is referred to again and again.
As I mentioned before, this God Listens series should be available to
everyone who loves a child who cares about animals. Parents, ministers,
counselors – anyone who cares about children and wants to answer their
questions with honesty and compassion needs to have these books on hand.
Also see:
http://all-creatures.org/book/r-godlistens-love.html
http://all-creatures.org/book/r-godlistens-care.html
http://all-creatures.org/book/r-godlistens-sad.html
