Pepper

Pepper

Lately, my 7 y/o kitty, Pepper, has been acting very close, especially a short while before it's time to get up. This morning I was lying on my back when she crawled up on my chest and abdomen.  She was stretched out with her head on my chest; she often purrs at these times. I wondered if she was hearing my heartbeat.

I remember my vet telling me, after I had to put one of my cats down, that certainly the second cat knew this fact, able to hear that his brother's heart was not beating.  She said a cat's hearing is so acute that she thought for sure he knew his brother was dead. 

As I laid in bed with Pepper, it just overwhelmed me thinking that these days of social distancing, routine life gone, a quieter atmosphere than normal and reduced activity have given me time to listen more acutely.  It's also Lent, with Easter in a short few weeks. 

How often do we rest our head on God's chest to listen to His heartbeat, to rest in His presence with His arms around us, just feeling His love and guidance.  It is there but it is so easy to get distracted with all of the present happenings. If we really quiet down and listen we can know He hasn't left us, that He is very much alive. His heartbeat is still beating; nothing will extinguish it!  

So, we can be in turmoil with all that is happening around us or we can trust that these days, weeks and who knows how long, can bring us into closer intimacy with the One who loves and guides us...if we listen to that Heartbeat.