Beni

My little dog Beni, is a Rat Terrier. A creature sent to me to delight me, comfort me, and love me. This little Rat Terrier, pulled away from his mama to come live with me and be my companion.

     Nothing is placed here on earth without a purpose. All the birds, and butterflies and squirrels and animals that roam this earth have been created with great care and love from the Almighty God.

     This little dog teaches me patience and tolerance. I can get so angry at his constant shredding of kleenexes and yet look at him with his sweet face looking back at me and return to love and happiness with the comfort of knowing he resides in my household.

     He gets scolded daily for his gesture of making it his purpose to find a stray Kleenex and demolish it thoroughly. No matter how many times I reprimand him for this naughty deed, he is still willing to come and sit by me and act like the good doggy he is.

     It reminds me of how many times my Lord has forgiven me for the continual sins I commit and how He's always ready to forgive me and love me. Never turning me away when I want to lay my head close to His Sacred Heart.

     Saint Francis, a lover of animals, was comforted by their constant loyalty and remembrance of the holiness and kindness of God. Animals that never disrespected their creator and showed tolerance of the ignorance of man. Saint Francis oozed of love and they could feel it.

     My Beni is loyal and quite smart. His eagerness to show me the tricks I have taught him give us both pleasure. His sweet face greets me every morning with a true sense of love.

     God is the same. Always greeting me with a new day of trying and learning. Never rejecting me in my efforts to love Him back for creating me and the new day that awaits whatever joys or sorrows it brings.

     Innocent and so relying on me to keep his water and food bowls filled and to caress his soft fur, so I rely on our Lord to comfort and love me in all of my frailities and flaws.

     My little Beni and I are alike in that we both keep trying. Stumbling and falling occasionally but always ready to keep getting up and putting our best effort forward to appease and love our Master...