(I've been told...the following is a true
story...)
Dwight Nelson tells a true story about the pastor of
his church. He had a kitten that had climbed up a tree in his
backyard and then was afraid to come down. The
pastor coaxed, offered warm milk, etc., but the kitty just
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.
So 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 went
sailing through the air and 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, Pastor." 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
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.
