Do Animals go to Heaven?

  Image result for free bunny images       While cleaning out a bookshelf, I found  one of my  old journals.  I needed a break so  I opened it and read the following from a 1984 entry
     "Today, Timothy came into the house with another little baby bunny.  The mother  is not nursing  these poor little bunnies, and one by one they have died.  Since the bunnies have been  Timothy's responsibility, he has had to bury  them.  I saw the sadness on his little face.  I got the milk we had to feed them and the small bottle and began to try.  We  kept the bunny warm and every hour  I  tried  feeding it, but it didn't take the bottle as heartily as it should.  Doubtful that the little thing would make it, I prepared my little guy  for another  heartbreak.  He took it  well, but the bunny just didn't survive.  I told Timothy I would  bury this one.  Timothy looked like  he was thinking hard about something and finally he said, "Mama, does Jesus take the animals to heaven?"

     "Oh, how to answer that one?  I  wanted to be biblical and truthful, but I  didn't want to  wound this little guy's spirit. I sat next to this sweet little boy with his red  hair and chocolate eyes that looked  directly at me.  I  took hands in mine  and explained that the Bible says that God does care for the animals and  all creation, and that he put man  in charge of taking care of them.  I told him that God knew how well Timothy had tried to care  for the bunnies,  but that God made heaven  for people.  We may see animals in heaven, but I  wasn't sure that these bunnies would go  to heaven.  He sat there for a little while, and then  said, "God  loves the animals and he wants us to  love them, right? Right, I answered.  So, if they don't go to  heaven, why do we bury them,  let's just take them to the dump."

 My ever practical eight year old.  We  did decide that burial  would be the best option of the two. Now  Timothy has a job in computer science, and still is very practical.  He's also a great  dad. :)
Hope it made you smile. Cherish  all of  life's moments.



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