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 [email protected].

Web address is www.hishousecommunitychurch.com.)

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