JESSCOTT MUSIC MINISTRIES
The Flying Kitten
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. That's what he did, all the while
checking his progress in the car. He 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 the car 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. 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 then 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."
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.