God's cat

The Pastor's Cat

by Dwight Nelson

This story is guaranteed to leave a bright spot in your day.
Whoever said the Creator doesn't have a sense of humor?
Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor of his
church.

He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then
was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk,
etc. The kitty would not come down. The tree was not sturdy
enough to climb, so the pastor decided that if he tied a rope to
his car and drove away so that the tree
bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitten. He did! All
the while, checking his progress in the car frequently, then
figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be
bent sufficiently for him
to reach the kitten.

But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke. The tree
went "boing!" and the kitten instantly sailed through the air-out
of sight

The pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood
asking people if they'd seen a little kitten. No. Nobody had seen
a stray kitten. So he
prayed, "Lord, I just commit this kitten to your keeping," and
went on about his business.

A few days later he was at the grocery store, and met one of his
church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart and was
amazed to see cat food. Now this woman was a cat hater and
everyone knew it, so he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food
when you hate cats so much?"

She replied, "You won't believe this," and told him how her little
girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a
few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally
told her little girl, "Well if God gives you a cat, I'll let you
keep it." (Can you see where this is heading?)

She told the pastor, "I watched my child go out in the yard, get
on her knees, and ask God for a cat. And really, Pastor, you won't
believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly
came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws outspread, and
landed right in front of her"

Never underestimate the Power of God and His unique sense of
humor!