The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling~

Completely Innocent~

Yesterday my wife and I got some very bad news from our vet. Our big Charlie, a ten year old galomphy GSD (German Shepherd Dog) has a large tumor on or near his spleen. We don't know  whether the tumor is benign or malignant without doing a major abdominal surgery, and sending the tumor to the pathologist for assessment. If the tumor is malignant it means that there is a good chance of metastatis. Then treatment is paliiative, or we simply putting him to sleep. If is benign, the Doctor says she doesn't believe it until the dog lives to 6 months post surgery. The whole issue  now boils down to quality of  his life. Recovery from a major surgery for a dog his age will be uncomfortable for two to three weeks at the very least, and we must decide if putting Charlie through that given the tenuous potential of the outcome is worth it. We are not considering the huge expense involved in our decision.

Charlie is ill due to now fault of his own, but right now he does not know this; he is completely innocent. He did nothing to warrent this fate. He is a good dog, he is! And yet he is suffering from a devastating illness due to the affects of sin in this world. God loves Charlie, and as his caretakers we must to what is right by him, no matter the cost to ourselve, even if this mean being the cause of his death.

We are different than Charlie. We have CHOSEN to withdraw from the presence of God through our disobedience. Yes, I know what you are thinking; we didin't choose to be born into this world anymore than did Charlie, and because of this we should be considered 'completely innocent' as well. But this is simply not true. WE have a choice to make, and because of that choice we ARE NOT completely innocent. Our choices have made us responsible for our own destiny based upon our choosing Truth or Lies, Righteousness or unrighteousness, LIFE or DEATH. Choose Life!