kevhunter
10-23-2005, 08:42 AM
The Cat
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>
>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 this, 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 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. 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?"
>
>(Can you see where this is heading?)
>
>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 what may appear to be
>breaking on one end, is answering prayer on another.
>
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>
>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 this, 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 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. 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?"
>
>(Can you see where this is heading?)
>
>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 what may appear to be
>breaking on one end, is answering prayer on another.
>