

Kitten from Heaven
A Pastor had a kitten that climbed up a tree in
his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed and offered
warm milk. The kitty would not come down.

The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor decided that if he tied a
rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach
up and get the kitten.
He did all this, checking his progress in the car
frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be
bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved a little further
forward... the rope broke.

The tree went "boing!" and the kitten instantly
sailed through the air - out of sight.
The pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if
they'd seen a little kitten. Nobody had seen a stray kitten. So, he prayed,
"Lord, I just commit this kitten to your keeping," and went on about his
business.
A few days later he was at the grocery store, and met one of his church members.
He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food. Now
this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "Why are you
buying cat food when you hate cats so much?"

She replied, "You won't believe this," and told him how her little girl had been
begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child
had begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, "Well, if the Lord
gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it." She told the pastor, "I watched my child
go out in the backyard, get on her knees, and ask Lord for a cat. And really,
Pastor, you won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes.
A kitten suddenly
came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right on
our tree in the backyard."


The song "Softly and Tenderly" was performed by
Margi Harrell

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