Always ask "why"

Hello to all from Kelly's Kitchen Table - being a stay at home mom, God gives me wisdom in little, everyday things - I have decided to start writing all of these things down in the hopes that someone can benefit from God's awesome Word....... (bear with me, I'm new at this and my brain is often faster than my fingers can type!)

There is a cat in my neighborhood named Charger. A few months ago I literally could have killed this cat (which is very out of the ordinary for me because of my great love for cats). He was tormenting my two outside cats daily. He acted like the devil himself - attacking me, Jeff, and my cats. I was angry, frustrated and ready to call the pound to come get him. Well, after this had gone on for some time, God quickened in my spirit Romans 12:20 which says "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head". My first thought was, "hmm, odd"! So, I did just that, I fed the cat (down the street mind you). The most amazing thing happened. Charger started going away. He would be gone for days at a time. When he would come back, I would feed him down the street and then he would go away again. There were no more late night fights, no anger and no frustration.

Now, he comes to the back yard everyday and I feed him. We have become fast friends. He isn't aggressive, he is loving and sweet. The point I am making is this: He was hungry. His hunger didn't necessarily justify his actions, but it certainly helped me understand the "why". It helped me understand how to get to the root of the problem. Now understand this, Charger wasn't the enemy, Satan was. When I fed Charger I was actually heaping coals of fire on Satan's head. People are not the enemy, Satan is. When a person acts a certain way, there is always a reason why. I'm not justifying bad behavior, rather trying to see beyond the "symptom" and get to the "root". Jesus didn't say to "love your neighbor as yourself if they are a nice person and have it all together"! He said to "love God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself". We are to love people, period. Love them when they are up, love them when they are down, love them when they are stinkers and love them when they are on top of the world!

In His love,
Kelly