THE PASTOR'S CAT

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 pulled it until 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!