Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
I've recently realized that trust and resulting faith brings peace and contentment.
It is what I've been praying for.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
The first anniversary of making the decision to put Kiki to sleep is a week away and it feels like time has stood still. My heart breaks over and over again as the days pass. My memories have gradually shifted to those that make me smile and I know that is a positive sign. She always appears in my dreams so vividly and I wake up feeling like she has visited me. They are always happy visits. God has truly blessed me. I know that those who have not experienced finding their soul dog think I am crazy.
I have faith and hope that I will be happy again.
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18