Catty Persistence

At the outset let me absolve myself and set the record straight (for non-cat lovers): I’m not a cat-lover/fanatic myself, but we need to take care of what God gives us! These feline friends, 3 in number spend the better and the greater part of the day in our backyard.

Whenever they sense any human presence in the kitchen they start meowing. Though it feels annoying at times but it’s their perseverance and persistence that took me by surprise. Even though we don’t feed them regularly or give them milk daily but they’ve become a part of our backyard as much as the 2 coconut trees in the backyard. It’s as if the cats are there by default whenever we walk out into backyard and those beautiful expectant-staring eyes trying their best to make us guilt conscious when we venture empty handed. And every once in a while moved by their persistence we give them the left over fishes etc to enjoy. All the 3 don’t have the same level of resolution to hang around but in the end only the one which is present at the moment is awarded with a meal (leftovers to be precise)! But it’s not just the food, because it’s as if they have made a home here, they hang around not only to satiate their appetite but also play and sleep here because that’s what you do at home.

How many times we lose out because we give up, here these kittens seem to have perseverance on a wholesale and are excellent teachers when it come to diligence. Our case unlike these cats is different in the sense we don’t have to meow our way to our blessing and our Giver (Father above) loves to listen to our voice. Do we just hang around a bit just for the blessing? Are we just content with the bits? Do we just seek His hand and not His face? As His children we are meant for more, if He cares for the sparrows, He all the more cares for us. The next time can we hold on a little bit longer?

I think I’m hungry! Guess I’ll hang around my Father, not only to seek His hand but also His face.