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Pet of the Month?

You've been holding your breath for this bit of news.

While browsing through some fliers, I came across a picture of Brutus (an 8 yr. old British blue cat) who had just won a $100 coupon to a pet store.  Apparently, no one had informed Brutus.  He was wearing--along with a pink sweater and tiny sombrero--an expression of seething anger and extreme disgust.  (Sorry, Brutus, but I'm afraid I received my daily dose of laughter medicine at your expense.  No doubt you were able to get a substantial supply of catnip and tuna juice--your favorite treats--which should help to curb your embarrassment).

From the looks of Brutus, he had never worried about where his next meal was coming from.  We, however do not always know when/where/how the Lord will supply our needs--financial or otherwise (I'm talking needs, not wants, here).  We may plot and plan, check our hoarded resources and our list of rich uncles, pull out what hair we have left, and expel enough hot air to launch a balloon.  We expect Him to choose from our carefully planned a, b, or c.  Then, when He covers that need with d, "none of the above", we are simply amazed that He would and could do what He promised in a way we hadn't dreamed of.  And of course, being human (and not feline), we all struggle with this.

Oh, to be able to actually enjoy the waiting process a bit more as we watch and wonder how the Lord will supply the need (rather than being tangled up in if He will do it, and do it our way).  And, I am always amazed at the creative ways our Lord uses-- even if it is with a $100 pet store coupon.

"But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."    Philippians 4:19

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Leave Me Alone!

On family vacations, I could never understand why my Mom would choose to go off by herself and do laundry rather than spring for a noisy swimming session (in a lake or motel pool) with Dad and the rest of us.  Who would want to be stuck in a hot room with only a washer, dryer, and a pile of dirty clothes to talk to?

Now I get it!  (Me!  Me!  Please pick me!)

Maybe you'd gladly crawl into the nearest empty dryer vent to be by yourself.  (On the other hand maybe you're already so alone that you'd gladly pay someone to come and annoy you just so you could tell them to leave).   Though some of us may not get much quality quiet time, we all need alone time with the Lord.

"And when He had sent them away, He departed into a mountain to pray."  Mark 6: 45  So maybe you can't send them anywhere and the closest mountain is a whole tank of gas away.  The Lord Himself is an example of getting away and talking to the Father.  He desires that for us, and will certainly help us do the same.

Ask Him for a time and place; maybe getting up earlier; staying up later; or praying aloud as you drive (caution:  make sure kids are small enough or your prayers will be broadcast throughout the neighborhood).  Or, what an example to your kids if they heard you say, "Mommy is having her quiet time with Jesus now, so I want all of you on your bed with a book."  Or, you could just Velcro them to a chair (just kidding).

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Happy Easter

If to die is to see with clear vision

   All mysteries revealed,

And away is swept the curtain

   From joys which are now concealed,

If to die is to greet all martyrs

   And prophets and sages of old

And to joyously meet by still waters

   The flock of our own little fold,

If to die is to join in hosannas

   To a risen, reigning Lord,

And to feast with Him at His table

   On the bread and drink of His board;

If to die is to enter a city,

   And be hailed as a child of its King,

O grave, where soundeth thy triumph?

   O death, where hideth thy sting?

Anonymous

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