Just a Couple of Farm Felines

Lending a Steady Paw

I Thessalonians 5:14 …Support the weak…

One morning I gazed out my parents’ farmhouse dining room window to observe Yoda, a half-grown farm cat, sitting on top of the wooden feed box that serves as a secure storage place for cat food. The four young cats vie for that sitting place. Playing “Cat” of the Mountain on that spot is a favorite activity in the early morning or late afternoon.

 I was astounded to see Little White Kitty – so called because we were planning to give the kitten to a neighbor letting him provide the name – stretching his chubby, little frame as far up the side of the wooden feed box as he could. Bravely, the white kitten began his attempt to scale that side of the box as Yoda stared intently down on him. The determined little feline extended his furry right front paw hanging his claws on the lid of the wooden box. In a surprising gesture, Yoda reached out his left front paw placing it on top of the fluffy, little paw of the tiny, white kitten. This amazing action by Yoda steadied Little White Kitty enough for him to climb onto the lid of the wooden feed box. Those two friendly cats were a perfect vision of comradery.

 How often do those of us who follow Christ act as Yoda did to assist the kitten in arriving at the very same place he was? Do we do as Paul instructed the Thessalonian Christians to do? Do we  “support the weak”? May Yoda’s example encourage us to reach down to steady and uplift those weaker believers assisting them to grow to the highest level of obedience and service in the kingdom of God.

 Lord, help me to seek for ways to uplift and support those You bring into my life. May my life be a “steady” example of encouragement that spurs those younger in the Lord to honor and glorify You in their lives.

Yoda Just Waking Up on the Feed Box

Little White Kitty Posing on the Feed Box