Persistence Pays

Sometime last year, two stray cats started coming to us for food. One looked old and was very skinny. The other one looked young and his miaow was so loud and annoying I called him Loudmouth. 

My flatmate reckoned they had been abandoned after their owners had moved away. I was thinking of calling an animal shelter to come and get them, but my flatmate advised against it. She said animal shelters are now so stretched (in terms of resources) that after they take the stray to the vet to have it microchipped and vaccinated, they return the stray to the person who reported it.  She  said she was once forced to look after several stray cats that the shelter couldn't accommodate. 

I prayed for God to give both cats loving homes.

When the stray cats kept coming, we fed them occasionally.  I didn't like Loudmouth as he would come through the window and eat Zeus' food and I would have to chase him out. The older cat always stayed outside. After a while, the older cat stopped coming.

Even though Loudmouth could sense I didn't like him, he never gave up. Every day, he turned up hoping to be fed. 

At first, we would feed Loudmouth our resident cat, Zeus',  leftover food, but we fed him outside.  Then my flatmate started buying him cat food, though it was a lot cheaper than the food Zeus gets. 

One day after I finished my microwave ready meal, I told my flatmate that the food container would be perfect for Loudmouth. I said we could put food in one section and water in the other.  She found it hilarious that I had finally accepted Loudmouth. I told her I now thought he was quite cute.

Persistence pays. 😊

Whatever we feed Loudmouth, he is grateful to have. Zeus, on the other hand, gets very high quality food, which he turns his nose up at.  

I believe Zeus and Loudmouth represent two types of people.

Zeus represents people who have access to everything they need:  jobs, food, utilities, homes, free healthcare, possessions and entertainment. They do not acknowledge God as the source of all their supply as they believe they are their own gods. Only when they are in a desperate do they call upon God.

Loudmouth represents those who know God as their Creator and Source and depend on Him to meet all their needs; and are always very grateful.

To Loudmouth, we are his gods and he now looks to us for his supply, though what we give him is limited as we can't provide shelter and care for him.

Thank you, God, for  taking care of Loudmouth. ❤️

Here are photos of Loudmouth and the food container that we use to feed him.