A God lesson in the midst of a storm…
2:30 a.m. My bedroom fills with a loud, mechanical female voice – “TORNADO WARNING! TAKE SHELTER!”
My eyes fly open and I turn to see my cellphone flashing on my bedstand. I throw back the covers and force myself to call my two cats, who had been curled up on the end of the bed, in as calm of a voice as I can muster. “Come on, kitties. Follow me.”
One immediately sails off the bed and follows me into the closet. The younger one comes halfway and stops. His iridescent eyes turn to the window as the flash of lightening filters through the curtain. Then an elongated crack of thunder shakes the rafters. He stares at me, frozen. I beckon, a bit sterner. “Come on, kitty.”
He huddles onto his haunches. “Um, nope.”
The warning siren’s wails crescendo. “Cat. Now!”
“Uh-uh.”
As the wind howls and the rain-hail pellets pound on my rattling window, I scoop him up and rush to the closet, closing the door with my other hand. I can feel the air pressure changing and the 85 mph wind swooshing outside. He doesn’t care. He hates closed doors. He wants out and begins pushing his 15 lb weight against it as I hold it shut.
I have been like both of my cats were last night, but I admit I am the reluctant and stubborn one more often. Unaware of the danger, I resist following God. I am not concentrating on if He provides shelter, or is blocking my path for my own good, or leading me to something so much better than what is my reality now. I have my own ideas, my own plans, my own route.
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. John 10:4
Sometimes we don’t understand where the Good Shepherd leads. It may be in a totally different direction, or a seemingly 
dead end. Maybe even a dark closet with the door closed. But when He calls, who will we act more like? The compliant and totally trusting cat, or the one who would rather have his way, even though he is afraid and unaware of what is about to happen?
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