The smell of Fruit Loops drives my cat crazy. She meows and chases me around the house while I am holding my mug of sugary goodness. I give her a piece of the cereal, and she smells it and turns up her nose. I give her my Fruit Loop flavored milk when I finish the cereal and again, she turns up her nose. But her behavior is the same every time that I make myself a nice serving of Fruit Loops Cereal. She is looking for something other than what I am giving her.
Of course this got me to thinking....
How often do I yammer and cry to the Lord in prayer for something and then turn up my nose at what He provides? How often do I ask for something, only to receive it and not even recognize this is what I was desiring?
Father God, please help me not be blind to your provision. Please help me to recognize your perfect will in my life. Father I am sorry for the times that I have turned my nose up at people, situations, and things that come into my life through you perfect will. Help me to live life open to your voice, receptive to the urgings of the Holy Spirit, and dependent on Jesus Christ for grace when I fail.
You are Holy, Father God, and beyond my comprehension. Thank You for your Son Jesus Christ that I might see you clearer and fellowship with You through Your Son.
And it is in His name that I pray,
Amen.
I was tempted to ask the Lord to make my crazy cat behave. If you are a cat lover then you would stand in agreement that this request could possibly even make my Heavenly Father chuckle. It's for sure that the ONLY person that could MAKE a cat do anything would be the Lord!!
7 comments:
Great post and very true on His provision and making the cat behave. Have a great weekend. JC
Your prayer was inspiring Jen.
I completely agree with you on the cat thing! Bless Your Heart My Friend for the chuckle! =^..^=
Hugs,
Kimmie
Very true, Amen!
Jen, you are amazing! You inspire me to no end. The way you take a very small circumstance, and can see the Lord and His lessons in it is awesome. Again, finding your blog is a great blessing and I cherish it. I can only hope to touch someone as you touch many.
In Christ,
Abbey
GREAT insight, Jennifer. Wow, thanks for making me think.
HUGS! Have a blessed day!
This is really cool, Jennifer. It's true that we do this. We don't know what we really want sometimes. We are craving something. Maybe the kitty smells the red dye #6 or whateeevah, and it happens to be the same red dye in her kitty food. She is mixed up and can't figure it out. Or could it be that both products come from Purina? and they mixed a little of hers into "Yers?" Eeeeww...now that's a thought. Really, on the serious side. You've got some food for thought here. I think the world is always enticing us with temptations. We need to get filled up with the WORD of God, (Cat's food), and prayer, then we won't be looking for empty "fruitloops," which could never fulfill us or(kitty). Does that make sense or am I off the deep end? Kathi
Just checking in again and trying to catch up this is sooo goood and sooo true of both the cat and myself.
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