THE PETS' PRAYER

Dear Lord,

Please watch over our humans; they are so weak.  They have no claws or sharp
teeth, they can't run fast or fly away, neither can they burrow or build a
nest in which to be safe.  They smell bad, do strange things that aren't
altogether intelligent, and have no real ability to communicate with us,
although we are able to figure out what they want.

Lord, grant us the ability to watch over our humans, care for them, cheer
them when they are down, make them laugh, smile, and shower them with our
love.  We pray that we can bring a little joy into their otherwise mundane
existence.

Lord, please let them know that when we insist on getting attention, it is so
we can check their emotional well-being and boost their morale.  When we
pester them for different foods, toys, etc., it is so they will learn to see
us in ways they had not considered, bringing them closer and back into the
fold which they are part of, but keep forgetting about.  They expect us to
know what they want even though sometimes they don't know what we want.  Some
of them really try and we know they love us, but some of them do not, yet our
love for them remains intensely unfaltering.

Lord, when we die, please make sure to send us ahead to where ever our humans
are going to be, so we can pave the way for them, vouch for them and be there
for them when they too die.

Please allow us to continue proving the humans are worth the effort.  You
placed these humans in dominion over us, but you charged us with the task of
caring for them and showing them your love, every one of them.

God bless these mere mortal humans, they know not that we are their guardian
angels sent in love to task them so that they may grow to be part of your
plan.

You and us, God ... we'll bring them back into the fold.  You and Us.

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