For me, the hardest thing in life is simply letting go. I have to constantly remind myself that I am the man and He is the God because to be honest, most of my life I seem to function in the opposite. I was sitting in my car one day pondering the life circumstances that I am currently going through and I had a God thought pop in my head and what I recieved was the word was helplessness. I went home that night and looked it up in the dictionary and sure enough, my cover was blown. I read, Helplessness- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. I almost immediately jumped back into the religious world that I am all too familiar with. The voices in my head started yelling, yea Jerry but you know that God’s power is perfected in your weaknesses….. When you are weak, He is strong, but at this point in my life, im tired of hearing people quote scriptures, even the voices in my head. All I want is to take what I know and actually have life experiences that take knowledge and really put it in your heart and well to say the least, tonight (Monday Night) was the life experience that I have been waiting for.
I was driving down the road headed south about 8 p.m. and spotted a cat in the middle of a four lane highway. The lane the cat was in was just a lane in the middle of the four that allows cars to make left or right hand turns. As I drove by, I noticed that the cat was on its fours, in kind of like a hunched position. I found it odd that it wasnt laying on its side because most animals that are hit, flop over to one side, but regardless, I continued on my errand. About 20 minutes later, now headed back to my house headed north, I spotted the same cat sitting in the middle of this big highway. It was pouring outside and the traffic was very heavy. I just couldnt get over why this cat was sitting like it was. I thought it had been hit and killed, but my curiousity seemed to push me to turn around and see if I could get up close to the cat.
I pulled a u-turn and managed to pull about 20 feet in front of the cat. I threw on my flashers and jumped outside of the car.I walked towards the cat and as I bent down to see if it had been hit, I noticed that it was breathing very heavily. I don’t know if you have ever seen someone have an asthma attack but this was very similar. I tried push the cat a little bit and discovered a huge pile of POOP right underneath the cat. I stood to my feet in bewilderment and I have to be honest here, but the first thing that came to my mind was, “Wow, this cat is literally scared S**less. I went back to my car and had to collect my thoughts for several minutes. I just couldnt get over the fact, that here is this cat who is stuck in the middle of a four lane highway scared to death, breathing like its having a heart attack and at the same time, so frightened that it crapped itself. To the average person driving by, here was some stupid cat that was dead in the middle of the road, but to someone that cares to take the time and find out what has happened, a very different story seems to emerge. To make a long story short, I got a sheet out of my car, picked up the cat, walked across the highway, and set it in the grass. It just sat there for about 5 minutes until its breathing had returned to normal and simply stood up and walked off as if nothing had ever happened.
I got back in my car and on the way home, suddenly the God thought that I had recieved several weeks before popped back in my head and I knew then and there that this life experience with a meaningless cat was simply the Father showing His kindness and love to me like He has so many times before.
I dont know about you, but there have been times in my life, when I have felt and been exactly where that cat was tonight. Life is full of harships and trials and sometimes they may be behind you and ahead of you. There is no where to go and you are so scared that moving or acting is the last thing that you want to do, in essence you feel helpess.
I’ll admit it, I have always been one of these guys that always lets pride get in his way. I think that I can do everything and accepting someones help is the last thing that I want to do. But of course, God always seems to have different plans as He has chosen to humble me by showing me how really helpless I am and asking me to just accept it. I think many people acknowledge that they need God etc, but actually accepting the stament that Jesus says in John 15, “Apart from me, you can do nothing” is such a hard thing to do.
Tonight as I go to bed, I am so grateful to serve a Father who knows every hair on my head. He knows when I sit and when I rise. He percieves my thoughts from afar. Nothing that I do is hidden from Him. He is not like other people, who so often times just pass me by without a care, or even the ones who act like they do, just because its the “relgious way to act”. He takes the time to come down and meet me where I am at. Even if it is in the middle of a highway or perhaps a hardship that I am struggling with and all hope seems lost. He is kind and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. What can I say other than He has made the wisdom of the world foolishness. He uses cats in the middle of the road on a rainy night to show his sons and daughters how truly kind He is and most of all, He loves to reveal His great heart to His people! Thank you Father.
I hope this encourages those that are going through tough times. Keep holding on, help is on the way……
I was driving down the road headed south about 8 p.m. and spotted a cat in the middle of a four lane highway. The lane the cat was in was just a lane in the middle of the four that allows cars to make left or right hand turns. As I drove by, I noticed that the cat was on its fours, in kind of like a hunched position. I found it odd that it wasnt laying on its side because most animals that are hit, flop over to one side, but regardless, I continued on my errand. About 20 minutes later, now headed back to my house headed north, I spotted the same cat sitting in the middle of this big highway. It was pouring outside and the traffic was very heavy. I just couldnt get over why this cat was sitting like it was. I thought it had been hit and killed, but my curiousity seemed to push me to turn around and see if I could get up close to the cat.
I pulled a u-turn and managed to pull about 20 feet in front of the cat. I threw on my flashers and jumped outside of the car.I walked towards the cat and as I bent down to see if it had been hit, I noticed that it was breathing very heavily. I don’t know if you have ever seen someone have an asthma attack but this was very similar. I tried push the cat a little bit and discovered a huge pile of POOP right underneath the cat. I stood to my feet in bewilderment and I have to be honest here, but the first thing that came to my mind was, “Wow, this cat is literally scared S**less. I went back to my car and had to collect my thoughts for several minutes. I just couldnt get over the fact, that here is this cat who is stuck in the middle of a four lane highway scared to death, breathing like its having a heart attack and at the same time, so frightened that it crapped itself. To the average person driving by, here was some stupid cat that was dead in the middle of the road, but to someone that cares to take the time and find out what has happened, a very different story seems to emerge. To make a long story short, I got a sheet out of my car, picked up the cat, walked across the highway, and set it in the grass. It just sat there for about 5 minutes until its breathing had returned to normal and simply stood up and walked off as if nothing had ever happened.
I got back in my car and on the way home, suddenly the God thought that I had recieved several weeks before popped back in my head and I knew then and there that this life experience with a meaningless cat was simply the Father showing His kindness and love to me like He has so many times before.
I dont know about you, but there have been times in my life, when I have felt and been exactly where that cat was tonight. Life is full of harships and trials and sometimes they may be behind you and ahead of you. There is no where to go and you are so scared that moving or acting is the last thing that you want to do, in essence you feel helpess.
I’ll admit it, I have always been one of these guys that always lets pride get in his way. I think that I can do everything and accepting someones help is the last thing that I want to do. But of course, God always seems to have different plans as He has chosen to humble me by showing me how really helpless I am and asking me to just accept it. I think many people acknowledge that they need God etc, but actually accepting the stament that Jesus says in John 15, “Apart from me, you can do nothing” is such a hard thing to do.
Tonight as I go to bed, I am so grateful to serve a Father who knows every hair on my head. He knows when I sit and when I rise. He percieves my thoughts from afar. Nothing that I do is hidden from Him. He is not like other people, who so often times just pass me by without a care, or even the ones who act like they do, just because its the “relgious way to act”. He takes the time to come down and meet me where I am at. Even if it is in the middle of a highway or perhaps a hardship that I am struggling with and all hope seems lost. He is kind and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. What can I say other than He has made the wisdom of the world foolishness. He uses cats in the middle of the road on a rainy night to show his sons and daughters how truly kind He is and most of all, He loves to reveal His great heart to His people! Thank you Father.
I hope this encourages those that are going through tough times. Keep holding on, help is on the way……
