TGIF
The cat has me well trained.
I have come to understand how she communicates…what the various sounds she makes and her body language are trying to say.
If Miss Kitty comes in the door with loud and repeated “meows” and walks right past me, that means it’s raining, she’s wet, and I’m to follow her into the bathroom to towel her off.
She has taught me when to understand when she’s hungry, tired, angry, or wanting attention and affection.
She has also painfully instructed me on when she does not want attention or affection….
My favorite communication from her comes when she sits just outside the door and and calls to me.
That means she wants me to come sit in the sun with her for a bit.
I’ll go out and sit on the sidewalk and she will come and sit on my lap and we enjoy the warmth together.
Yesterday, she beckoned me out.
This made no sense to me as it is winter still here…it has been cold and rainy and the sun has been hidden.
I ignored her and closed the door to keep the cold air out.
Still, she kept calling.
Finally, I went to the door and walked outside to see if there was something else troubling her.
She trotted in front of me to her spot…the one spot anywhere around us where the sun had feebly broken through and was warming a sliver of sidewalk.
I grabbed a sweater off the bed and joined her for a few minutes until the clouds came and took our spot again.
Grateful for what we had received, we walked back in to the house together with lifted spirits.
Thus came another lesson learned from Miss Kitty.
Amidst what seemed like the constant cold and darkness of winter, she was still looking for a little light.
When the light came, though small and slight, she reveled in it.
The little light she found, she wanted to share.
There is no greater joy than finding light in the darkness…except for sharing it with someone else who has also been waiting in the dark.
Make your own application…
Oh, this is just beautiful. Made me laugh (second paragraph).
This: There is no greater joy than finding light in the darkness…except for sharing it with someone else who has also been waiting in the dark.
Touched my heart.
Thank you, as always. Give Miss Kitty a snuggle from me…. a confirmed cat slave.
LIKE!
Paige already quoted it, but I’m doing it again:
“There is no greater joy than finding light in the darkness…except for sharing it with someone else who has also been waiting in the dark.”
Man. That’s good.
When we are out in the yard with the dog and he barks at us, that means he wants attention and wants to play.
When we are out in front of the house and the dog is in the yard and sees us and barks at us, that means he wants attention and wants to play.
When we are in the house and on the floor and the dog comes up and starts climbing on us, that means he wants attention and wants to play.
When we are sitting on the couch minding our own business and the dog incessantly barks at us, that means he wants attention and wants to play.
When a visitor comes in the house and the dog jumps up at them and barks at them, that means he wants attention and wants to play.
If there is ever food involved in any of these or other scenarios and the dog barks at us, that means he wants our food.
…………I think I missed the application on this story. 🙂
Oh, and for Josh, I forgot to add – When I’m sitting in my underwear in my beanbag chair in the basement of my parents house and the dog barks at me, he wants me to do some blogging.
Haha!
Absolutely incredible!
It’s got to be a gift from God.
You have blessed us once again, taking us into the unobserved realms of deeper reality in what would have passed by the bulk of us as mundane and unrealized blessing.
I could totally relate, having rescued seven cats who all own me, and several dogs.
Each and everyone of them has their special relationship to me and how they interact with me.
Even as I sit here and type this, “Maggie” the miniature cattle dog, one of the twins, has gently stepped up into my lap while looking me in the eye to see if it is ok to sit down.
She now is sitting in my lap to spend some quality time with “Dad.”
Anyone who has a pet can relate to the feeling of warmth that is passing between us as we both enjoy the moment together.
All of the pets respect each other’s “quality time with “Dad.”
Little Bill, the rescued Shitzu, is sitting on the floor next to us patiently awaiting his turn at the lap.
While Maggie’s twin, Paisley is sitting on the foot rest v.icariously enjoying Maggies moment.
Outside the window Miss Susie chicken is pecking away at unseen delights from the ground.
I enjoy greatly my God created family of animals.
It is such a blessing to read the illumination of these pet moments.
Ahh…Elseybell Sugar kitty just jumped up and curled up next to Maggie to share the moment with us.
What a wonderful life we all have together!
I took a picture of the moment:
http://shekinahfellowship.blogspot.com/2016/03/animal-moment.html
this one i have to copy and keep (it may get printed and tucked into my Bible)
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. 🙂
Amidst what seemed like the constant cold and darkness of winter, she was still looking for a little light.
When the light came, though small and slight, she reveled in it.
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What a wonderful illustration of times in our lives that seem full of darkness. I noted Miss Kitty had to look for that one spot in the light. It wasn’t readily seen and could easily have been missed, leaving the poor kitty to believe that the light had completely forsaken her. I fall into that temptation more times than I’d like to admit. Seeing only the darkness and not looking for the light, however small, that can be hidden in the darkness. Thanks for the reminder this morning.
Cash,
That was my application as well…
Thank you for sharing the light this morning, all I have shared it with have been encouraged.
AA,
Thank you…that means much to me.
Just to let you know Michael, the picture link I posted at 8:22 this morning has gotten 30 views thus far.
You have a lot of readers!
Usually it would have been just my two loyal readers who would have viewed it at my blog.