Devotional – February 13, 2025

First, just let me say that mistakes were made.  

The first was trying to get a cup of coffee before I fed the cats.  During said pouring, cat #2 jumped up on the counter, spilling some of the coffee on the counter.  

The second was bending over to get the cat food with the now filled again cup of coffee in my hand.  The third was attempting to set the coffee cup down beside the cat food while cat #3 jumped on my back. So now, there is a second spill of coffee, this time around my feet. 

 At the moment, my ability to walk is not that great, so I decided to move cautiously, slowly, carefully.  I’m bent over, cat #3 still on my back, shuffling toward the closest towel. Once I get the towel, the cat jumps off my back, and, just for a moment, there is a quick loss of equilibrium.  But I recovered, a nice trick with slippery feet, if I do say so myself.  

Now all the spills are rectified, the cats fed. A side note here: the two kibbles each of them ate hurriedly before they walked away will likely sustain them for days.

Now I move to the dining room table, as is my custom, to drink the aforementioned cup of coffee.  Cats #2 and #3 now join me in this process.  I pay attention to both of them accordingly, and try to drink a cup of coffee.  

It is at that moment that cat #2, apparently not being satisfied with my divided attention, bumps my hand, spilling coffee over the composition notebook in which I keep unimportant things like to-do lists, upcoming sermon thoughts, and names of books to read soon.  

At this point, I just let the spilled coffee sit.  I might have sighed a little bit.  And I play with the cats a bit more, no coffee cup in my hand. 

After about thirty seconds of this, the cats move away.  I clean up the coffee on the notebook and spread it out to dry.  

I refill the coffee cup yet one more time.  And I sit down. 

Today, this day, may you be paid attention to as if you were an insistent cat.  

Peace Be With You. – Paul