a blessin' and a lesson

Hi again,

Well the Lord, and "mama nature" (me) helped Solomon to take care of business, if you'll pardon the term. Solomon finally did his thing just in time to save a trip to the vet.

I was so happy and relieved to find Solly's "prezzie" to me when I came home early Tuesday. He was so happy and frisky, schmoozing me and loving me up. I could tell he was feeling better. So I canceled the vet appt. :) Thank you Lord. :) :) What a blessing.

He also went again later after supper, so I thought, good, his bowel habits are back to normal.

Then yesterday came, and I am not 100% sure if Solly "did his thing" or not. Since he & Greta share a litterbox during the day, it's hard to tell whose is whose, if you'll again pardon the term. Since cats typically have 1 BM per day, I got to thinking, I hope we aren't going to have problems again.

So, worrywart me started getting nervous and thinking, well how much is he drinking? Eating? I knew from watching him that he ate well, but wasn't sure about how much he drank. Then I found myself worrying about things like kidney problems, chronic constipation, infection, allergies, etc. Lots of "what if" worrying.

Then the Lord spoke to me early this morning just before I typed this. He reminded me of how He brought Solomon to me as answer to prayer.

He said, "I will take care of Solomon's bowel habits. I gave Him to you. Let me take care of Him."

But of course I wasn't content or sure if I was hearing from the Lord, so I tried to find comfort in it but was still worrying.

So the Lord got ahold of me again and said, "Look, you're just going to have trust me on this. Stop worrying. I will take care of Him. OK?"

Still nervous, I said "Ok, Lord."

Then He said, "Give this over to me. I can't do anything until you do." He knew I was trying to "control" the situation, in my own sinful fleshly way. So, I did.

It's hard for me sometimes to trust the Lord in things like this, because I find I have a fear that I'm not hearing from Him, and will be in for a shock or a letdown. This is something I'm still trying to learn more about.

I find I have to just (and I can't think of any other way to put it right now) pretend that things are fine even tho I might not think so, otherwise I'll catch myself worrying again or expecting things to happen at a certain date or time when they might not. God is trying to show me that things WILL work out, just not necessarily when I want them to.

This is a lesson I need to learn and I pray the Lord help me to learn it well. :)