Sometimes when you grieve, you think deeply,
and your ideas turn crystal clear.

Take the death of a simple pet,
and think of what that means.
An innocent pet:
born innocent, living innocent
and dying innocent.
No evil, no sin, no guilt.
An animal existing almost entirely on god-given
instinct except for simple learned responses
taught by man.

Is there any doubt that this dying pet
will abide with its creator?
Is there any fear that this pet's life and death
are somehow outside its maker's plan?
Clarity of thought says "no".

And is there any doubt
this pet's creator is my creator?
Clarity of thought says "no".

Now turn your thoughts to man.
Take the life and death of a single man,
and think of what that means.
A man born innocent learns and feels what is evil,
and without exception, sins, because evil is
irresistible.
Man sins through knowledge, not instinct alone,
or such action would not be sin.
And clarity of thought says
"This, too, is the maker's plan".

Surely, we are taught, through man's religion:
A good man feels remorse and guilt; atones for sin.
Without remorse we are but animals, labeled so by man.
Without atonement we remain unforgiven.
Do we conclude such with clarity of thought?
Yes.
The Maker treats us not beneath the simple pet.

Now I pose the most bothersome of points:
Do unforgiven sinners, still more than animals,
Abide with this Maker, this God?

Would our God plan it otherwise?
And if the answer is no, what kind of God is this
that creates man for less eternity than simple pets?

Another thought: fulfillment may be the point.
Could God pose the labor with atonement simply
for human fulfillment? Is this the sanctity of life?
And life eternal?