In the Fire

God’s patience is, perhaps, a byproduct of being eternal; the inherent nature of One who has seen the end from the beginning, who orders seasons and holds time in His hands. We are not that. Yet, sometimes in the middle of raging fires, He calls us to be still, to be more patient. More like

Speaking “cat”

One day, while visiting my parents, my father told me that his cat’s kittens had died soon after she’d had them. Her behavior confused him.  She wouldn’t eat, wouldn’t respond to my parents, wouldn’t even move. But the next morning, he saw that she’d taken the other cat’s kittens. Over and over, he called her