some of what i've been learning from the animals...

i used to have roommates,
but now i have pets...
well they aren't actually  mine - i'm pet-sitting for this next year and i've got 2 cats (oliver and ziggy) and a dog (bella) to care for - this care is a bit more involved than my previous pet experience with fish ;)

the cats crack me up, they meow and meow, asking for food - i feed them twice a day - once in the morn and once at night - and yet you'd think i starve them based on how vigorously they sometimes beg...  i've thought about how i'm always listening to them, i can't tune their pleas out, sometimes i respond out loud - no or not now or not yet or i just fed you - and sometimes i am silent.  But I do give them what they are asking for - perhaps not when they ask, but when it is time - I feed them, give them water, clean up after them, play with them, allow them to curl up with me on the couch...

they remind me of the persistent widow.  they remind me of myself reminding God again and again of the desires He has placed in my heart.  He requires no reminding.  i sometimes (or oftentimes) do.  it has made me smile when i've heard their meows.  i've smiled because it has reminded me that the Lord hears my meows - the words of my prayers and the cries of my hearts.  i may not always receive a response from Him in the moment - but He hears and He does not withhold good from those He loves and He appoints the times and places...


stay tuned for future thoughts on
wishing I could let Bella (my dog) run loose in the back yard
caring for Flickr (the neighbors dog) and letting her out of her crate and house...