The Faithful Companion’s Prayer

(Author Unknown)

Dear God, You know that my master is my life, and how much I want to be able to carry out his commands and fulfill his desires. Help him know that I always give him all that I have, and that I will continue to try even harder the next time. Please guide him and protect him from all thoughts or deeds which might be harmful to me, to others, and even to himself. Help him come to fully experience the love and trust I place in him every minute of every waking day we have together. Let him know that all I ask in return is his patient understanding. Please tell him I understand when he doesn't have as much time for me as I would like to spend with him. And let him know I miss him when I am not with him. Allow his eyes to see that my heart's beat is measured by the wag of my tail, and encourage him to make it beat even stronger. Please let nothing ever keep me from being excited and happy when I hear his voice. And make his voice a gentle, kindly one -- for his sake as well as mine. And when our days in the field together draw to an end, I ask that You allow us to find joy in reflecting upon our fading memories of better days. And when my life here is done, as it one day must be, I ask that You allow my master to remain beside me, with his hand caressing my head as my eyelids close...forever. Amen.

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