A Kitten Named Squirt

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KITTEN (a true story 31 Oct, 2009, 7 am)

In a quiet cave of silent darkness the day begins; an uneasy fear of comes; but, it is not long, before there are the sounds of voices with echoes: unintelligible voices. So What could it mean? You have been alone for an eternity, it seems, in the darkness with no food or water; no friends: nothing, but deep cold and dust. You are scared, and begin a loud howl for help! “Over here,” You cry aloud. “What did I just do,” you think to yourself. More fear grips you. You wonder: “Where is my mother, father, or Creator? Who will help me and love me without conditions, in mercy? I'm so vulnerable to death and cold pain! Yes, unconditional mercy-help is what I need! I have no other choice!” Sin is a teacher through suffering. The result is death or a cry for help. Choose.

The voices get louder and closer. Suddenly, you hear thumping noises getting closer and closer. “Foot-steps?” Your comfortable corner in the dust and dirt is now a place of danger: it is time to run for your life. You do run: howling in fear as loud as you can: “Don't harm me! God! Somebody: Help!” But, in no time you come to a stop against something like hard rock. It is another corner of dust and dirt; it is chaos and confusion. Sin is like this when in full bloom!

Ah, you have the protection of a few hard solid surfaces, but the voice is now on top of you: “Get Him!” Another voice says: “Don't Harm Him!” Are you but a pawn in the game of life? Or are you something more according to the decrees of an other Whom you don't know or remember?

Your heart is racing in fear of the unknown; in the near total darkness. In, but a moment, something has grabbed you, so you struggle to get free of restraint, but it is impossible. You scream in a lower voice of defeat. “What now?”

After a time, you hear calm comforting voices: “Put him in this box. I'll take him as mine; I'll give him a home; and suffer the bloody veterinarian costs to bring a safe Life to this little one. This little one is submissive and refuses to fight and rebel against me. There is hope for this fellow. I see something wonderful here while nobody else can. Do not kill him! Give him to me!” Plop! Thud! You find yourself in a large box; the top is soon sealed. On the lid of this box is your new name from Whom will be as your Father; the name is sealed and revealed when you are mature in the Ways of the Father. There is no escape: you have been captured by the mercy and unconditional love of another.

After a long period of time with strange sounds and motion of an automobile, the temperature begins to warm in your box. Another voice, a friendly voice, seems trusting and loving, saying, “It'll be fine soon.” Sure enough, the strange sounds stop, and now the box top is open! “Freedom!” You jump out, into a place full of warm light! But something large comes toward you. You have never seen such a huge “Giant” before in such power and love. In fear, again, you run, but are soon re-captured. After as short moment, you taste fresh food and milk! “Ah, the milk is like what my mother once gave me... so refreshing! But it is better!” The soft friendly voice is still with you.

You feel more at peace with this “Giant” holding you and talking to you. As a “Father” to you, eventually you realize that there is no cause to fear except when running away from the “Father” in disobedience; that any suffering you experience in fake freedom or fake pleasure is the result of your own disobedience and fear of something much greater than you: your “Giant Father.” Stop running, dear kitten, He has adopted you; He has adopted you as you are in your filth; He will clean you, feed you, and love you as you are. The cost? Be teachable in trust Him and His Ways; His Way are higher than your ways and aways to your benefit! He knows the solutions to the questions that you don't know to ask: for He is working to your best interests for a satisfying fulfilling and purposed-filled life in His Kingdom. If you run in fear and harm yourself, then He will re-capture you, because you were bought with a price by His decision: to pay the blood and sweet costs of the veterinarian bills.

You cannot escape your Master: “Jesus Christ.” He has rescued you from death, fear, confusion, and delusion. He has brought you into real Life and Light. He is the Father of lights; the beginning and the end; the Creator.