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By Art Westefeld
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Jack seems to pay attention to his picture box when he is home and Melissa is not. He likes to look at pictures of people like Melissa without any artificial fur on. I do not understand why he likes to see such pictures instead of paying attention to me. It must be a human thing.
One sunny day Melissa came in after what she calls "Going to church." All I know is I am not supposed to rub on her when she gets ready to "go to church". If I rub on her and get my fur on her church fur she gets upset. I don't want to upset my Melissa person. I wish I could make her happy all the time.
Suddenly I could speak like a person. Jack was in his room where he looks at those strange pictures. I told Melissa, “You may want to be very quiet. Jack is looking at his strange pictures again, and doesn’t like to be bothered. I had to wait for a long time until he fed me the other day when it was raining.”
Melissa looked at me oddly and asked, “What pictures is Jack looking at in the den?”
I got the idea she didn’t expect an answer but instead of meowing at her I spoke in people speak again, ”The ones where the people look a bit like you without any fur on.”
She got upset and very quietly walked into the ‘den’ and snuck up kitty quiet on Jack. She closed Jack’s picture box hard and said, “This is what you are looking at when I work late at the clinic or am at church? Jack, how could you?”
Jack looked at Melissa with the kind of look he gives me when I interrupt his picturebox time. He snarled at Melissa, “I am a man and I have needs you don’t satisfy unless you have given that darn cat affection that you never give me anymore.”
Melissa was upset and water came from her eyes. I rubbed on her, risking making her angry that my fur got on her church fur. I spoke like a person again, “I am sorry if my telling you about Jack made you upset.”
She picked me up and held me against her church fur, rubbing my fur like she does when she needs kitty love. “No, Snowboot, you did nothing wrong, Jack did by going to those websites and looking at all those porn pictures. My only question is what to do with him now?”
I knew the answer, it was given to me by the One who let me speak like a people. Now all I could do is meow like always. If I could speak I’d tell her, “Your Saviour would tell you to forgive him and to work on your ‘marriage’.” I didn’t understand those words, but I meowed to her until she thought I wanted down. I wanted to speak like a person again, even if I didn’t understand the words God was putting in my mouth or in my mind.
She walked into Jack’s room, and he met her at the door with his picture box in his hands and gave it to Melissa. He said to her “I hope you understand that I am sorry for checking out those porn sites when you weren’t around. And I am sorry that I spoke harshly to you earlier. Can you forgive me?”
Then I could speak in human speech again, “Please do, Melissa, it is what God wants. You must forgive and repair your marriage. I can do with a bit less attention if you and Jack make up.” I didn’t understand all the words I spoke, but Melissa’s face turned thoughtful as she looked at Jack.
“I’m putting blocking software on this thing this afternoon, and we will then spend the rest of our days following Snowboot’s advice.
Jack shook his head and asked, ”How'd that cat get so talkative, dispensing marital advice?”
Melissa put her arms around him and said, “By God's grace.”
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Exodus 4 11-12: NIV
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
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I liked how well it read and flowed.
God bless~