I took this photo of our security guard Glenn’s dog Charlie as Glenn had stepped inside our Fellowship Hall to secure the doors after this morning’s services. Charlie was quietly laying down outside the hall, but quickly rose to wait outside the doors for his master. He didn’t move a muscle until Glenn opened the doors to exit.
That image immediately called to mind a story I had read
years ago and it perfectly illustrated that story. As I recall, a sick man was inside an
examination room with his doctor who had just revealed that the man had a
terminal illness. The patient remarked
that he hadn’t spent much of his life trying to understand God or even
contemplating what is on the other side of this mortal life. So, he asked the doctor for his opinion.
The doctor put his hand on the room’s door handle and they
heard a whining and scratching on the other side. When the doctor opened the door, his dog jumped
up to greet him. Then the doctor
remarked, “I don’t know a lot about what’s on the other side, but I have faith
that my Master is there with open arms and that is enough.”
Join us at JUMC every Sunday morning behind the outside doors
to learn more about the Master on the other side!
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