Prayer of a Stray

[other one]

About the time I was ending my college career and also a serious sinning career, I think I pretty much felt this same way. While I didn't have worms, I spent a lot of time by myself out camping so I might have had fleas.... I know I had chiggers

I had a Beaver Cleaver childhood, but those years away from the Lord during late highschool and college pretty much left me as a stray with no where to go. Too proud to go home and too young to die..... and so... soooo alone, and at only 23.

Main diffeence for me was that my owner (the Lord) didn't put me out beside the road, I had run off all on my own....

I think I really understand this poem from first hand experience.....

[Catsmeow]

Oh, man Other One...I KNOW how you feel. I really do. But I DIDN'T have a happy homelife. Mine was very dysfunctional.

My mother abandoned my father and I and left us alone. I have always felt like a stray. I've never felt like I fit in anywhere.

My heart goes out to people and pets who have been forsaken.

[Keith]

Most of my pets have always come from the Humane Society. (Except my two capuchin monkeys, of course!) Honestly, adult cats make the best adopted pets. (I haven't lived where I could have a dog yet.) My cats were always grateful to have a place to call their own and more than enough love to comfort them.

I was living in Tennessee when I was walking through the woods and saw a man with a bag by a tree. It looked like he was hacking at the tree. When I got closer, I saw that it was a farmer who had a bag of kittens and was, well... you get the idea. It was horrible! I pushed him and grabbed the bag. There were only two kittens left but I took them home.

They were brother and sister. The boy liked to play rough and the girl was meek. He liked to sneak up and tackle her and she would go tumbling across the floor! I named them "Ruff and Tumble". They were my favorite pets of all time!

I've prayed several times to ask God if I could have pets again. His answer has always been, "It doesn't fit into the plans I have for you."

[other one]

Keith, we have raised several cats and gotten several from the pound also. I personally think they are the best when you get them at 4 weeks old. Just barely old enough to wein and just old enough for the mothers to teach them to take care of themselves, but not enought time to teach them how to be cats.

My present pet does not know he is a cat. he thinks he is just a little people.

http://sam.evans.org/bud01.jpg

Buddy had been here at home for two weeks or so when this picture was taken. and yes if you look close he does have my hand in his mouth.... we started play fighting from day one.

[Keith]

Keith, we have raised several cats and gotten several from the pound also.  I personally think they are the best when you get them at 4 weeks old.  Just barely old enough to wein and just old enough for the mothers to teach them to take care of themselves, but not enought time to teach them how to be cats.

My present pet does not know he is a cat.  he thinks he is just a little people.

http://sam.evans.org/bud01.jpg

Buddy had been here at home for two weeks or so when this picture was taken.    and yes if you look close he does have my hand in his mouth....  we started play fighting from day one.

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Now THAT'S a cute cat! Getting them young is a lot of fun, too. I'm a sucker for kitty mews and puppy breath. I would really like to have a munchkin kitty though. They are cats that stay the size of kittens. (2 inch legs) It wasn't healthy to breed them that way and they had a lot of health problems until the breed was "perfected." They're adorable though. Dog-wise, gimme a golden retriever any day!

[Catsmeow]

Other One, my kitty's name is "Buddy" also...(only he's 18 lbs).

[Catsmeow]

Always remember it's BEST to have a dog and a cat, because a dog will adore you and a cat will ignore you...*(that keeps things fair and balanced)!

[Keith]

Oh, man Other One...I KNOW how you feel. I really do.  But  I DIDN'T have a happy homelife. Mine was very dysfunctional.

My  mother abandoned my father and I and left us  alone.  I have always felt like a stray. I've never felt like I fit in anywhere.

  My  heart    goes out to people and pets who have been forsaken.

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Birds of a feather... No worries anymore though, Cats! You've been adopted by the Father and by us. You'll never want for love again!

[Catsmeow]

Keith, I would have taken my own life a long time ago had it not been for Christ's intervention.

[Keith]

Keith, I would have taken my own life a long time ago had it not been for Christ's intervention.

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I relate to that. I would have taken my own life out of the sheer hopeless state that the world seems to be in today. I honestly don't know how people can possibly get through a single day without knowing Jesus. One half hour of tv news would be enough to do it for me. It's really scary to see the route society has taken. The things that have become "acceptable" still shock me. I know people say that nothing should shock us today, but I'm still shocked by so much. I can't conceive how the world's thought processes have gone so far to justify some of the choices they make!