Well I have had a cat named Garfield. I had an old cat that had kittens and I picked one kitten out and named it Garfield. Well our family loved him so much. Our old cat end up having around 6 kittens and Garfield end up being the only one that stayed alive and never ran away.

But there was one time around December when this changed.

My cat like to wander around - he'll come home and leave for a day or two come back and sleep in the house. Well he didn't come for 3 days and I was wondering what was going on. The longest he has ever been away from home was 4 days so I wasn't too worried.

It got to 6 days without him showing up and I was nervous. You know how you're nervous and you get butterflies. Well I would have butterflies all day non-stop.

8 days past, and I could honestly say I was in depression. I was praying over and over again for my cat Garfield to come back home. I would literally cry praying for Garfield to come home.

I went to a basketball tournament and coming home I would hope and pray that Garfield would be at the door meowing. Yet no Garfield. Christmas came around and I thought God would give me the ultimate Christmas present and answer my prayers of bringing my kitty home.

I remember going to my grandmas for Christmas and I heard my parents say to my G-ma that they think the coyotes got him.

Christmas passed and still no Garfield. I was then in deep depression, no joke. Butterflies all day and then just crying.

Then it was new years eve and I had my one of my friends over. So it was me, my sister, and my friend. Well we were playing video games and I was thirsty so I went to go get a drink from the kitchen.

I heard a meow!! I ran to the door crying and there he was, it was Garfield un hurt. Not one scratch on his body!!! Since new years eve I have thanked god every night for bring Garfield back home to me.

After 13 days of him being gone he came back on the New Year. Maybe the best New Years of my life!!

Since then I have believe in God more then I have ever. Plus He has answered more prayers since then, and I can't thank God enough.

And for the people that don't believe in God, there is one. And He is the greatest person in the world!!

What a beautiful testimony of how God hears and cares about even the most simplest of prayers! With all the terrible things that go on in our world today and have been going on for years, God heard your prayer and in His wondrous compassion, looked down and saw your pain in the loss of your kitten. He loved you so much that He knew the return of that kitten would bring you joy, so He helped your kitten find its way back home!

Your story parallels that of what has become known as the prodigal son, in Luke 15, where the younger son took his inheritance and left home and lost all that he had then returned home, to be met with open arms and much celebration.

The story of the prodigal son is to tell us that even tho we may stray from our Shepherd's (God's) fold (home,) we will always be welcomed back by Him, with much love and celebration! There is no greater love than that!

Thank you, Brandon, for reminding me that I belong to a loving and caring and gentle God who always cares about me, no matter how much I stray or fail!

Thanks for a great post!!

Brandon

I can relate to that story..... our wild man (aka Wild thing) LOL disapeared a few years ago like our Garfield, Wild Man wondered away for a few days and would come home Wild Man was gone for about 2 months I just knew something had happened and we would neer see him again excep in our pictures.... I than heard from a friend that one of her friends had aquired a new cat fitting Wild Mans discription..... I told her t hat if she seen the cat and he looked like the one in a picture of him I had to let me know.... well aout a week later late at night I seen a shadow like figure outside comming up the road I wached and looked and wached.... he walked like Wild Man so I called to him and he came a running...... he did not stray far from home for a long time after. but when we moved he refused to stay there he went back to his old neighborhood ... I brought him home many a time but he keeps going back..... I am glad you baby came back home to you

We do love our animals dont we.If something ever happened like that to my baby i would go nuts.