The Flying Kitten Miracle

right . Today I've got a new story for you . It's a true story from Dwight Nelson , as he talks about a pastor friend of his . It's really fun and I think you'll enjoy it . He tells of how a kitten climbed up a tree in his pastor friend's backyard and then it was afraid to come down . So he tried coaxing it with warm milk .

Talking very gently to it , he tried everything he could think of to try to get the cat to come down , but still it wouldn't come . The tree was a fairly young one , so the pastor couldn't climb it .

But he had a thought If I could tie a rope as high up on the tree as I could reach , then I could tie the other end to my car , then slowly move my car away from the tree . It would bend over and then maybe I could get a hold of the kitten . So he reached up in the tree as high as he could and tied a rope around it and then

tied the rope to his car . Slowly he drove the car away from the tree , bending it over . He kept getting out to check it , but decided he needed to come down just a little bit more . So he hopped back in one more time , and as he did so the rope broke . The tree went boing and the kitten instantly sailed through the air out of sight .

The pastor was desperate . He was heartbroken . He never felt so bad . He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they'd seen the little kitten , but nope , nobody saw it . If they'd seen the little kitten , but nope , nobody saw it . So he prayed . He said , lord , I commit this kitten to your keeping . And then he went about his business .

Well , a few days later he was at the grocery store when he met Melissa Jefferson , one of his church members . He happened to look at her shopping cart and he was amazed to see cat food . Knowing that she hated cats , he asked her why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much ?

She replied you're not going to believe this and told him how her little girl , megan , had been begging her for a cat , but she kept refusing .

Then , just a few days before , the little girl begged again . So mom finally told her well , if God gives you a cat from heaven , 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 hands and knees and ask God for a kitty cat .

And really , pastor , you're not going to believe this , but I saw it with my own eyes . A kitten suddenly came flying out of the clear blue sky with its paws spread out and landed right in front of her . Dwight Nelson ends his story with . I've always wondered if he told her what really happened .

Every time I read that story I smile , you know , and I think God smiles too , and nobody could convince me that God does not have a sense of humor . I know he does . The story reminds me of Job , chapter 8 and verse 21 , where it says he will fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy .

I can just see that little girl laughing and shouting with joy as her cat fell from heaven . Can't you see her , with the kitten in her arms , running up to her mother saying look what God just gave me , and the mother , after witnessing what had just happened , realizing that , okay , we got a cat and looking up to heaven and going thanks a lot , god .

I recently heard a phrase that defines moments like that , when God just does something completely random in a way that absolutely blesses . I've heard it called a God kiss and a God kiss moment . This little girl definitely had one .

But I also believe that for all of us there are times when God gives to us God kiss moments , those times when something completely unexpected and good is given or done for us and we go , wow , that's just awesome In and of itself . It may not be big enough to change

anything drastic or huge in our lives , but it is a reminder of God's love for us and the fact that he's willing and wanting to do some of the little things . So often we take our big concerns to God , the huge problems that we carry every day , and we fail to ask Him about some of the little or what some people would consider as insignificant things .

And yet God cares about every aspect of our lives the huge , big problems that we face , but also the small , most intimate things that will encourage us , that will give us a smile or a laugh during our day . I believe God gets happy when he sees us happy .

So today , my prayer for all of us is that we will experience a God kiss , a moment when God does something . That's not huge , but it's enough to make us smile , to help change our moods and to make our day even brighter and better . That's how much God cares about us . He cares about even the smallest details of our lives .

I hope you have a great day , my friends , and that you experience a God kiss today . We'll talk again tomorrow . Thank you for listening today , and I invite you to join me Monday to Friday , right here on Starting Right , with Danny Mac .