Denne historie dukkede op på en af mine lister til aften,
og jeg er sikker på at den kan bringe smilet frem hos jer.
>
> >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 the tree, 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?"
> >
> >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.
--
Marianne
Hellemose Somali
hellemose.som@paradis.tdcadsl.dk
Some people have lives, others have cats
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