Maybe we should all go to the dogs

By Knox Herndon
Pastor

I, like all of us, get some interesting e-mails. This was too precious to not pass on. I dedicate it to three dog heroes in our family; Bandit, Chloe, & Daisy.

Subject: Dogs

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. (Anonymous)

Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. (Ann Landers)

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. (Will Rogers)

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. (Ben Williams)

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. (Josh Billings)

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. (Andy Rooney)

We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made. (M. Acklam)

Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. (Sigmund Freud)

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. (Rita Rudner)

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. (Robert Benchley)

Dogs need to sniff the ground; it’s how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard. (Dave Barry)

Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. (Franklin P. Jones)

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. (James Thurber)

If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise. (Unknown)

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That’s almost $21.00 in dog money. (Joe Weinstein)

Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we’re the greatest hunters on earth! (Anne Tyle)

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. (Robert A. Heinlein)

Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman. (Dave Miliman)

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. (Mark Twain)

You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, ‘Wow, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!’ (Dave Barry)

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. (Roger Caras)

If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. (Phil Pastoret)

My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. (Unknown)

P.S. Do you think dogs go to heaven? Now I am not getting into any heavy dog theology here because as far as we know, they don’t have a soul, but there are several scriptures that speak of “all things created in heaven and earth.” Do you think it is a stretch?

Put it this way, if you as a loving father want to give good gifts to your children is not a loving dog God’s gift to any family? I believe they are. Personally, I think they will be there, but it is only a feeling.

In fact, I wrote a song of a little boy’s first dog who got killed by a car. The little boy came home and got off the school bus and there stood his mother, father, sister, and Little Boots. The little boy in his great loss being a Christian young man, asked his mother, “Will little Boots go to heaven?” His mother responded as many parents have: “Son, if there's a doggy heaven, little Boots will be there.”

Sound familiar from your childhood? Well, the little boy was me and “Little Boots” was my first dog. If you serioiusly know any country music stars personally, contact me and we can put out this song and use the money to build our church. The song has already been professionally copyrighted and recorded. Its title is “Will my Dog Go To Heaven Sweet Jesus.” If you need a copy, contact me.

(Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC). Rev. Greg Mausz is sr. assoc. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School superintendent, Bible study coordinator and teacher. The church has moved to the new location just below Fayetteville, on Ga. Highway 85. As you leave Fayetteville going South on Highway 85, you cross Highway 16, at the Senoia intersection. It is a mile on the right just below the fire station. If you are not in a church, come visit us. Church office and Prayer line 770-719-2365. E-Mail address is KHERN2365@aol.com. Web address is www.hishousecommunitychurch.com.)