Kitten From Heaven
Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about a pastor. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his yard, 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 trunk to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and grasp the kitten. He did all this, and kept getting out several times to check. Then he figured if he drove just a little bit farther, the tree would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved the car a little farther forward ... the rope broke.
The tree went *Boing!* and sprang upward and the kitten instantly sailed through the air and out of sight.
The pastor felt very badly. He walked all over the neighborhood, asking people if they'd seen a little kitten. No. Nobody had seen a 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 he met one of his church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart, and he was amazed to see cat food. Knowing that she hated cats, he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?"
She replied, "Pastor, 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 girl had begged again, and so the Mom finally told her little girl, "Well, if God gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it."
You can guess the rest. She told the pastor, "I watched my little girl 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 spread out, and landed in our yard right in front of her."
I Wonder if he told her what really happened.
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." ~Isaiah 40:31~
A friend sent this to me to share.