by Alec Niemi
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Friends phoned to say that there was a cat up a tree crying and that it had been there howling for two days. We quickly drove over to check it out. As soon as we got out of the car we could hear it howling. We ran over to the tree and looked up but we couldn’t see it. It was at least thirty feet up in a branchy old cedar tree. Somehow this cat had gotten up the tree and wasn’t coming down. We would call and it would howl but it wasn’t moving. To my amazement my wife decided to climb up the tree to try and find it in the branches. Without a thought to her own safety, or what she might find, she struggled her way up the tree and discovered a frightened little kitten clinging to a branch. Just as amazing was to see my wife climbing down the tree with the kitten on her shoulder snuggled against her neck. It was totally relaxed. The kitten didn’t fight, scratch or holler. It just lay there. Safe! Rescued!
We too have a rescuer who will rescue us if we cry out… His name is Jesus!
My prayer for you this week: “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants!” Amen. Daniel 3:28
Have a great week
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