Just Meowing....

Do you remember the Purina Meowmix cat commercial? It is the one where the cat says meow a hundred times and the caption interrupts it for you.  Well, every night I hear that in my house.  So I did what every savvy person would do, I Googled!  It is very interesting what I found.  This behavior can be caused by many factors: needs water/food, needs a clean liter box, is in estrus, stress or anxiety.  Hhhmmm, my cat didn't fit into any of these.  So on to the next article (diligence).  This article says my cat may be feeling insecurity, has cognitive dysfunction syndrome, or physical distress.  Then I read it.... "A cat may go looking for a housemate that is no longer there and call to them, trying to locate them.  It was how they use to locate each other."  That was it!


About two and half months ago, my first cat passed away.  She was a seal point, Himalayan, who was very old.  She was sick when she died.  It was a hard, sad time for me.  My daughter has the same breed cat as I did.  He grew up with Madison and they played all the time.  About three weeks after she died, Rally started night meowing.  This meowing is loud and multiple times during the night.  It will wake you from a sound sleep.  


I starting thinking....how many of us go through our regular routines and never notice, until sometimes it is too late, someone is missing.  One of our friends, brother/sister in Christ has left the local body, our neighbor, co-worker is gone from our every day life and we didn't realize until NOW.  Or have we realized?  I had a phone call from someone the other day and they explained how they didn't feel 'connected, wanted, noticed'.  Wow, was I so busy that I neglected the people around me?  What am I here on earth for, to show the love of Jesus.  Am I doing that job?  What is SO important that I cannot take a moment to love on someone, show a smile, reach out and touch another human being?  So it took Rally to show me to stop, look around, and see who is MIA.  I need to locate them again and tell them how precious they are to Jesus and to me.  Proverbs 17:17 states a friend loves at ALL times!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuVHCJVYf4

Well-Behaved Women....

I was in someone's office the other day and read a plaque.  "Well-Behaved Women never make history..." Hhhmmm, I started rolling that around in my head.  I asked Daddy, "Is that true?" Names started coming to mind.  Were these 'good girls' according to society?  Were these 'ladies who sat quietly, sipping tea and eating crumpets'?  Were they 'approved of' or of the 'popular opinion'?  Here are just a few that pop into my mind.

Rahab: Wow, talk about breaking all society's rules.  She was a prostitute, pagan, single, used, abused woman.  Others looked at her as a money maker, trash, no potential.  She wasn't the kind of girl you brought home to mama.  She left everything behind to join the Israelites at Jericho.

Tamar: Pushed from one husband to another, rejection, hurt, only wanting to be loved, wanted justice and the right thing to be done.  Resorting to deception to fulfill her purpose.  Finally, Judah honors her as a daughter for the rest of her life.

Ruth: A Moabite! A widow! No children! and then to leave her homeland to go to a place she knew she would not be embraced by.  With the knowledge that she would have to work for the rest of her life, she had unbelievable honor, respect, and loyalty to a mother-in-law.

Mary: She was rebuked by the disciples, shunned, and told she wasted her inheritance as she poured out her precious oil on Jesus' feet.  Her name rings through the generations.  Her act, love, desperation can still be heard today.

I have never been a 'well-behaved woman'. But I have to ask myself, "Am I a living declaration of what Daddy has done in my life.  Am I living up to my full potential?'

Remember, Rahab, Tamar, and Ruth are in the lineage of Christ. So what is history going to say about you......