Meet Finnegan

Poor little guy has had it rough. He survived a 40 foot fall from a tree, only because he landed on his sister. She unfortunately didn't make it, but Finnegan was taken in by an animal lover who decided to nurse him back to health.

Mademoiselle Giselle, a pregnant Papillion was definitely intrigued by Finnegan's arrival to her home.

And it wasn't long before she would drag Finnegan's bed across the house over to her own. Her owner finally gave up the battle and let Finnegan sleep with Giselle.

When Giselle gave birth to her puppies, it became hard to tell Finnegan apart from the others!

She would even let him nurse off of her. Finnegan had truly become her own.

Even the puppies couldn't tell the difference between themselves and Finnegan. He was just another sibling to them.

So here he was, this little creature who suffered a pretty big trauma and could have died if left out on his own, brought into a completely new environment where he seemingly didn't belong. How could a dog and a squirrel possibly find a way to bond? How could a dog let what we consider a rodent near her own pups, let alone nurse off of her? And yet here Finnegan is, not only befriended but part of a family.

A beautiful picture of what the family of God should look like, isn't it? The hurting, the broken, and the wounded can come and find a place to belong, no matter what they look like, who they are, or how different they may seem. They can find a place to heal and people to love them through it. And they can find what we all really long for - a home and their place in a family. How amazing that we can be Giselle in someone else's life!

After all, we were all Finnegan once.

Emily

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