Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about a pastor.

He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard, and then was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk, etc.  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 grasp the kitten.

He did all this, kept getting out to check, then figured if he went just a little bit farther, the tree would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten.

But as he moved a little farther forward... the rope broke. The tree went *Boing!* and the kitten instantly sailed through the air- out of sight.

The pastor felt very bad. He walked all over the neighborhood, asking  people if they'd seen a little kitten.

No. Nobody had seen a 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 he met one of his church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart, and he was amazed to see cat food. Knowing she hated cats, 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 girl had begged again, and so the Mom finally told her little girl, "Well, if God gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it."

You can guess the rest.

She told the pastor, "I watched my little girl go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God 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 in front of her."