Found Cat

My daughter has a better cat story than the one I posted last year. She and her little family are en route to a new adventure in Washington, D.C, and stopped here in Ohio for a brief respite before moving on. They brought their well traveled cat, Shifty, with them. The first night here he ran away, which wasn't unusual for him...he always came back. Except this time. He was gone for 5 days. That is a long time for a cat with an Arizona metabolism in frigid Ohio weather. Jane and Andy realized during this time that they did love this cat, for all his standoffishness and independence. He was part of the family, part of their uniqueness, part of their history together. He was gone, as gone as the house and the life in Arizona, as gone as the friends made, turned immediately from present to memory. There were tears. But I know from experience that God loves cats. So yesterday Shifty was found, far from where he escaped, but close enough to retrieve. Amazing how he survived 17 degrees and rain and coyotes, under the watchful eyes of his Creator, placed back in the arms of his grateful owners. He is now in a carrier on his way to Washington, safe and sound. Any doubts about God's ability to care for life's precious details? Gone.