THE PASTOR'S CAT 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 from the tree to his car, and then drove it slowly away, that the tree would bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitten.
He tied the rope, and began to drive the car away from the tree,
all the while checking the progress of the tree frequently.
He then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree
would be bent sufficiently low 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 commit this kitten to your keeping," and went on about his business. A few days later he was at the grocery store, 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."
"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."
  Whoever said the Creator doesn't have a sense of humor? |
