Heaven and Animals

The wolf and the lamb will live together…the calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all. Isaiah 11:6 NLT

Larry Libby’s children’s book says that heaven surely has little furry creatures since we love them so much on earth. And heaven is a place where we will be happy. Pets make children and adults happy.

I had a friend look shocked when she heard some of us talking about people having souls but animals do not. We said, God breathed life into Adam. She said, you mean I will never see my dog I loved so much in heaven? We couldn’t tell her she wouldn’t because of the verse above and a chapter in John Burke’s “Imagine Heaven” about near death experiences. He tells about a child, a ten year old, who “died” in a judo accident, but was revived. She clearly said she saw Skippy there who had died some years earlier.

John Burke, after his research, says Heaven will be a harmonious place where past relationships, all play, and even all work will thrive and fulfill God’s purpose, free from earth’s curse of decay and destruction.

Prayer: Oh, Lord, thank you for your glimpses of Heaven and all its possibilities. Help us to have faith and believe what you have promised us. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck