  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 that, 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 though 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 car 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 Mother 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 Or the prayers of a child! |
