Saturday, Wes came into the house with our indoor/outdoor cat Peanut. And Peanut was NOT happy! He is a feisty little guy and can seriously have attitude. Peanut wanted to be outside. He howled at the door, jumped on Wes' leg and carried on terribly!!! What in the world was going on?
Roadkill. Yep, a squirrel was dead in the middle of the road and Peanut was eating it. Gross I know, but that is cat behavior. Wes found him there and a truck slowed down to avoid hitting him. So, the cat came in while my son had roadkill cleanup duty. (The rest of the story is the cat later went out and found the squirrel, finishing his delectable feast).
All Wes was trying to do was save Peanut. All Peanut knew was that Wes was keeping him from the one thing he wanted most at that moment. And, there was no way that he was ever going to understand that Wes was truly doing the most loving thing he could for him.
The kids and I had a great life discussion. Parents are like that sometimes too! We do what we can to protect and love our kids while all they see is the thing that they want is beyond their grasp. And, of course, aren't we like that with our Heavenly Father as well?
What is it that you've most been desiring lately? God is your Father and is crazy about you. Perhaps we should hand it over to him and acknowledge that "His ways are higher than our ways, his thoughts than our thoughts." Who knows? Maybe we'll actually be exchanging dead meat for a heavenly banquet.
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