My dog died, can I be angry at God for taking My bff away from me?
Q: Am I allowed to be angry with God? He took my dog, my best friend in the world, away from me 7 years ago. I'm not myself anymore. I am trying hard to live for the Lord but it's hard when there's always some anger there.
A: I think you need to look at this in truth.
Fallen man [since Eden] and his sin, [and continued sin 6,000 yrs], is the reason we are in this mess on Earth. The wages of sin is death. We earn what we worked for. And the sin debt owed to God [for our crimes] is due, payable upon death. It will either be paid for in eternal Hell under God's wrath forever, or has been paid by Christ on the cross [if you are born again].
God is not to blame for the Fall. Man is.
We only deserved death and damnation the moment we 1st sinned after birth. God is gracious and patient with us wicked humans, and went as far as [extreme lengths and cost] through Jesus, in order to redeem us [buy us back from the curse], to set aside a people for Him at his pleasure, mercy and will. We ought to be very humble, grateful and love Him not only as we should as our Creator & God, but as our Savior & Redeemer.
Because we are in a Fallen world, all people die. It also means the world lost perfection and corruption entered. With it comes suffering, illness, pain and all sorts of problems. One of which is the world was plunged into a death cycle and humans dragged all the animals along with them due to their sin, so sadly they die too. But we need to be thankful to God for creating them, being helpers, comfort, blessing to us while we have thrm as pets, and as workforce and for sustenance. God gives us all good things in many ways but far too many are very ungrateful. They love the gift but not the gift Giver.
I would like to note, you possibly have sinfully placed too much of your life relationship towards an animal instead of towards people. I have had many pets and dogs in my life, but they are not to be the focus of our life or our best friend. We are to socialize with humans and if Christian we are to be about our Fathers business... both in growing/living the Christian life to glorify Him as we do good works but also in serving Him & obeying the Great Commission. This is why we were left on earth. You need to befriend solid brethren of the Faith in your local church and redirect and reprioritize your life. I am not saying you can't have or love or care about pets, they have their place in our lives. And they only live so long. It looks like it was in His timing your pet passed and we could give you solid biblical counsel to prayerfully contemplate this matter... so you go the right path from now on. Should you get another dog, consider using her to glorify God in evangelism. 😊
Death is everywhere. 170k people die daily, around 55 million every year. Suffering is everywhere around us. Fortunately eternity won't be like this. Everything will be restored to perfection, righteousness, peace and live as it ought to be; between man and God, and the New Earth & New Heaven will be sin free - as will all the redeemed.
I praise and thank God for that. We had no hope without him, and yet it was pleasing for him to do all he did to have humanity continue onward for His good plans [not even sin entering the world will thwart His plans] to have a people to himself. What a great God. 💚✝️
Remind yourself about the Gospel every day🧡
Ways to use your pet to the glory of God
God bless
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