Last night I had probably one of the most frightening experiences I will have this year! I came home from having coffee with Kat and Carla, and as i pulled into the driveway I saw two cats, and one looked EXACTLY like Max. Upon further inspection I realised that I couldnt find max in the house, and it was most likely he got out through some broken gauze that I didnt know about in the spare bedroom window! My mate Michelle came right over and together we started looking - scouring the neighbourhood in her car, shining the torch all over the place.
After we had exhausted that idea we came back into the house, and as I sat on my couch i began to realise that it was very possible I would lose my cat. Now I know he’s not a child, and I know that he’s “just a cat” as people would say, but to put things in perspective, my husband bought me Max to quell motherly urges! I treated that cat AS a child, complete with bouncing him on my hip! Max is, I believe, one of the best cats in the world, I honestly think that! He’s got SUCH a defined personality, and we know him SO well we feel like we can talk to him! He has been with us since a few months after our wedding, so he’s been with us a long time, and I honestly couldnt imagine kicking around this house al day without my constant companion! So yes, in a way I really experienced what it could be like to lose a child...just a glimpse perhaps.
As humans its impossible to not get attached to people and even animals! Over the last week or so I have come to a few hard truths about getting attached to the WRONG kind of people - people who drain my time and my self esteem and my life instead of adding to it. As much as I would like to think that I am self sufficient in God I know that I am not, and perhaps I should be! I know, despite how devastated I was about my cat, I knew time would heal my wounds. I knew that in time God would fulfil our lives again. The same should be said about people. Losing touch with people we thought we would always know can be REALLY painful....it leaves a void in our lives to the point where we dont know how we’ll ever fill it! But the truth is, God WILL fill it, God always provides for what we need and when we need it if we trust him to do so. I have been blessed over the last few days to really forge some wonderful friendships....some are new, others have perhaps just been heightened a little. But I know that through it all God is providing people that I need in my life, and at the same time protecting me from people that I dont need. That is my assurance, despite the turmoil and the pain I might feel at the time.
Oh, and by the way, Michelle DID find my cat - the moaning we kept hearing while we sat inside my house turned out to be another cat underneath my house, growling at Max! She walked outside to find him sitting near the little hole we can use to get under the house, and he ran straight back under. I layed down on the ground with a torch and kept watch while she went to pick up Brad, and Brad army crawled all the way towards the back of the house to grab my cat and drag him out! LOL Special kudos to Brad for sliding around underneath there - how GROSS! And BIG special kudos to Michelle, who stayed with me til brad came home, who FOUND Max in the first place and who went above and beyond at a time when I REALLY needed a friend! Max is now safely lounging around the house as if nothing had ever happened, and I have ten less years of life to look forward to! Thats it from me, God Bless!
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