Like a Cat

Warming their toes?

After we grilled steaks last week on a rather cool July day, we found the kittens taking over the grill. Were they warming their toes or trying to find the source of that wonderful smell?

My guess is that they were looking for lunch. Whenever I have meat cooking in the kitchen, I notice an increase in the number of cats on the deck. And when I cook or when the family sits down for a meal, usually both of our inside cats are in the kitchen. They know better than to beg. I always ask them if their noses are bothering them.

Sometimes I think that we would be better off being a little bit more like my cats. Their simplicity of life is admirable—they sleep when they are tired, eat when they are hungry, play hard, and attempt to get what they want in very direct ways.

We, on the other hand, fail to go to bed even when we are tired. We eat too much at all the wrong times, forget to relax, and fail to give our bodies the needed physical exercise. We also wheedle; we try to get what we want without looking like that is what we are doing.

Perhaps today I will be more like my cats. I shall get to bed at a more reasonable time, be sure to get my exercise, and spend some time relaxing. I also will spend time seeking God’s face—not trying to get what I think I want, but attempting to find what it is He wants for me.

Will you join me?