Posted on 12/05/2007 9:04:48 AM PST by Alex Murphy
SUNCOOK, N.H. — Betty Lynn Monroe believes her dog, Rambler, has had a conversion comparable to what humans experience.
Monroe says that for months Rambler has been sitting in a corner and listening to her home Bible study group discuss the Bible. Then, last week during the prayer time, Rambler ran into their midst, lay down on the floor and looked up at them with "a look of pure regret and sadness," Monroe says. "It was as sincere as anything I’ve seen among humans at the altar at church."
The group laid hands on Rambler and prayed that God would make him a "born-again creature." Rambler then leapt up and pranced around the living room.
"It was the most joyous display of freedom in Christ we’d ever seen," says one woman. "I teared up."
Since his "conversion," Rambler is more helpful. He doesn’t chase squirrels into the bushes, and he tolerates the neighbor’s cat. He even has "corrected" his owners. Monroe says she and her husband fought one night and retreated to separate rooms. Rambler came to one room, then another with a "disapproving look." He wouldn’t stop until they reconciled before bed.
"It was like he was reminding us to not let the sun go down on our anger," she says.
Rambler seems to wait all week for the home Bible study. He runs around excitedly when people gather. He yips and howls when the group worships.
"He loves the presence of the Holy Spirit as much as we do," says one Bible study member.
He also lays on Monroe’s lap every night and whines until she reads to him from the Psalms. His favorite passage comes from Psalm 145:21, "Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever."
Rambler has even stopped hanging around rowdy dogs in the neighborhood. They come around to try to get him to tear up people’s gardens, but Rambler won’t go. He watches them glumly out the window.
"It’s almost as if he wishes he could share the good news with them," she says. "Maybe in his own way, he will."
after all, dog spelled backwards ...
PTL / HAIR Club ping!
Just gas.............
I heard about this! Awesome!
Don’t know about a dog being born again, but I have no doubt they can see angels and know the Master when He’s nearby.
LOL, it’s Lark news folks..............
My dogs yip and jump around every time the door bell rings. They hope it is someone who will give them cheese. (Someone did once and they have never forgotten it)
My waffle maker knows Jesus too....
It made a waffle, that I swear, not making this up, looked just like the baby Jesus in a toddler chair shopping at Walmart......
Well....time to go take my meds....
I guess we know where at least one former WWN writer ended up...
That would explain the special tab for Eunuchs, hmmm? LOL
You gotta be kidding me. Is this satire?
Well, the most thrilling part of this story is that Rambler has quit licking his privates...........
Sad
Happy
Smell food.
Depressed.
Suicidal
Guess I'm a dufus, 'cause I can't really tell. Never heard of the site before today. The "eunuch" tab was rather odd, though.
BTW, there is nothing in the article about "privates."
Many of my neighbors know Jesus as well
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Many times, when I am troubled or confused, I find comfort
in sitting in my backyard and having a vodka and cranberry
along with a quiet conversation with Jesus.
This happened to me yesterday after a particularly difficult day.
I said “Jesus, why do I work so hard?”
And I heard the reply: “Men find many ways to demonstrate
the love they have for their family. You work hard to have a
peaceful, beautiful place for your friends and family to gather.”
I said: “I thought that money was the root of all evil.”
And the reply was: “No, the LOVE of money is the root
of all evil. Money is a tool; it can be used for good or bad.”
I was starting to feel better, but I still had that one burning
question, so I asked it. “Jesus,” I said, “what is the meaning
of life? Why am I here?”
He replied: “That is a question many men ask.
The answer is in your heart and is different for everyone.
I would love to chat with you some more, Senor, but for now,
I have to finish your lawn.”
That’s why they are called privates,,,,,,,,
Reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode about the guy refusing to go to heaven if his dog wasn’t allowed in. Further down the road he found that the dog wasn’t allowed in because it wasn’t really heaven.
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