Country Cat

Are You a Country Cat?                          

Wildlife

Many moons ago, when my first born was the only born and we lived in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, I was pregnant with my second child and we saw little of their father. We owned a tile company and he was busy trying to get it off the ground. So, it was Justin and me with ten acres to roam when we felt like it. We lived in a Dutch Colonial house with a little screened in porch which acted as covert hiding place from which to spy on the surrounding wildlife.....when it showed up.  Lots of crows, an occasional fox....a cat. A wild cat. We called him "Country Cat" because we were just that original. Country Cat WAS wild. He was able to make his way uninvited into the porch through a small tear in the screen each night and sleep/crouch on top of the old black shiferobe positioned right by the kitchen door. And each night as my now ex would come in the door, the cat would jump on his head. It's a wonder Tom still has his eyeballs or that a thatch of hair didn't go missing. What a way to be greeted! By then we were always in bed and could not control Country Cat after hours.  Needless to say the day came when Country Cat had to go for a ride; terrorism was not an option.  I'll just leave it at that.

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

 Sometimes it's sad when someone or something we love has to leave us. The reason might be beyond our understanding....or we may understand completely. Other times it isn't so sad. This was one of those times and we understood it....and I'm afraid that although Country Cat probably found himself in a decent neighborhood possibly full of loving children, things probably did not get better for him, nor could they have improved for whoever felt the need to take him in.

Misery Loves to Change Things Up

Have you ever wondered why when you think you are making an improvement in your life, things still don't get better? Maybe you have gotten a job promotion and been transferred to what you considered a much better place to live for you and your family....or just you. You find yourself giving it a little more time to get better but it isn't ,and you find yourself wondering where you went wrong in your plans for a good life. Maybe you just hit the road like you always wanted to, ready to explore and meet the world head on, but it just ends up sucking. You can't put your finger on it, but it's ...well lonely and all the people you meet a long the way ....are not connecting with you. You may have fulfilled your lifelong dream of marrying and having a family and you are wondering why on earth you still aren't happy? Maybe you are taking it out on a loved one on a regular basis because you believe it they would just change you could be happy....like you were (not) before you met them. Well, maybe you have become Country Cat who lived on a little ten acre hill with all the birds and mice he could eat and all the rabbits and leaves he could chase down, but wasn't satisfied until he had jumped on a mans head!

Geographical Cure?

The question is, what is the common denominator? Could it be you? When you went on that road trip did you take you with you? When you married your dream girl/boy and moved into that sweet house you've had your eye on and began producing littles, did you take you? When you got that job promotion but it didn't hit the spot, did you happen to go with you?It's an honest look at ourselves that will give us a flicker of hope for some solid joy. But the joy doesn't come first for an honest look can be a painful thing. They say you can take the cat out of the country but you can't take the country out of the cat (a bit skewed but same thing) but I beg to differ. There is a way to change the cat and put him back in the country! Becoming a new creation  can happen through One Person who came and gave his life that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He Who knew no sin, became sin for the sake of the  transformation of our "inner man", the person you may have yet to meet. You. Redeemed.

Don't go the Way of Country Cat

I would be remiss if I left you without this very important visual:You being carted into the back of the SUV and taken to....well a "much better place". While I'm sure your loved ones would never attempt such a thing, it can happen where it is not so evident; in the heart. Your loved ones don't want to lose you, but you may just find yourself looking into the familiar faces of complete strangers one day if you cannot find it in yourself to bring Jesus with you to the mirror and take a good hard look. He loves us and He is so ready for us to turn our self made selves over to Him so that we can be made new..... made one with Him. Joy is to be found in that sweet spot, my friend! Surrender is a beautiful thing when the battle has been against ourselves and a loving Father. Remember, He has a big backyard and all the blessings we can chase down and it's ours to enjoy without being carted off by "loved ones"!  "Oh how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity"!~Psalm 133:1

 "Thou openest thine hand and satisfieth the desires of every living thing"~ Psalm 145:16.

Maybe we think this scripture is bunk because we aren't happy. But maybe our desires are contrived by us and we have not let Him fulfill the deepest most powerful and truly innate desire of our hearts which awaits eternally......Himself.

I love you and God loves you. Now go and love yourself knowing it's so and making peace with God and with your inner man!

Your Uncultured Pearl