Yesterday afternoon, I found myself digging my eighteenth grave for a beautiful kitty by the name of Grain. She was the “queen” in our home of eight fur balls. For thirteen years, since we moved to East Bethany, she would perch on the window sill watching the outside birdies and squirrels snacking on the bird feeder or she enjoyed basking in the sun up on the shelf in the guest bathroom.
Grian would sleep next to my wife’s pillow at night and she would come for breakfast and lick the butter off of her toast in the morning. So here is a prayer for all our furry companions who have blessed our homes.
O Lord our God, we come before You this day in sadness. Grian who brought us so much joy in life, has now died. Her happy times in our family’s embrace have come to an end. We miss Grian very much.
Help us, O God, to remember the good times with Grian. Remind us to rejoice in the happy times she brought to our home. I am reminded of the time my relatives came to visit and they didn’t pay attention and left the outside porch door open and Grain snuck out of the house into the woods.
Later that evening, we looked for Grian and she was missing. We checked under the beds, in the closets and came to the conclusion she had somehow found her way outside. I remember calling out into the night, into the woods, “Grian, where are you girl, come home to mommy and daddy.”
Then a miracle, I saw two white eyes sparkling in the distance. She had wandered into the woods to explore her new found freedom. We were simply glad that she was safe and no coyote or owl had made her an evening meal.
We pray now in gratitude, to you God, for creating Grain, for entrusting her to our care, and for sustaining her in our love for thirteen years. We understand that all that lives must die. We knew that this day would come. And yet, O God, we would have wanted one more day of play, one more evening of to pet and nuzzle with our little girl..
O God, as we have taken care of Grian in life, we ask that You watch over her in heaven. You entrusted Grian to our care; now, we give her back to You. May she find a happy new home in Your loving embrace.
As we remember Grain and all the kitties buried in our pet cemetery, may we love each other more dearly. May we care for all Your creatures, for every living thing, as we protected the blessed life of Grian, may her memory bless our lives with love and caring forever. Amen.
Lord, I pray for all my Sonshine Friends whose pets have found a home with You, We miss them all and believe that we will see them when we are called into your glory. In honor of their devotion and care, please forward the names of all your pets so that we can join our prayers in gratitude for all the love they have given us in this life.
