Will my Buddy be in Heaven when I get there?
I love my dog, Buddy. He’s special to me, a white ball of fur, since he’s a Maltese. I love to play chase with him. Bubby was just a puppy when my parents got him for me and my sister. They thought that Buddy would help my sister therapeutically, but she hasn’t paid much attention to him, and he likes attention. He follows me around, lays beside me, watches and follows if I leave the room. He’s like a human… he wants company. He’s a great companion.
Buddy is loved and spoiled in so many ways.
I talk with God in my prayers. I know that God is looking over my family, keeping us safe, making sure we have what we need.
But I have this big question - Will my Buddy go to heaven after he dies, and will I get to see him I heaven?
I’ve heard friends asking the same sort of questions about their pets,
Psalm 36:6 NIV
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
Genesis 1:25 NIV
25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Revelation 5:13 NIV
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”