I know a girl who loves all kinds of animals since young. She cares for the hungry, the sick, the strays and the down troddens. It is not unusual to see a sick bird with a mended wing in her bed room. Of course she had a guard dog and two kitty cats. On top of that she befriends the neibourhood cats.
One evening I was in her house having dinner. You see, my folks did not own a car. In order to attend a school event at night, I went to her home after school so that it would be easy for her dad to take us both to school without travelling to another part of town to pick me up. As I was helping with washing up, I noticed her saving some left over for a stray. She related the 'phantom' cat who was so shy that although she had been feeding it for the past month, she had not had a good look at it.
Two years later, she told me she finally won the trust of that illusive cat. Even though it was a lame cat, it was capable of hiding and disappearing within moments. The day the cat allowed her to pet it, she was jubilant. Another day, she came to school really angry. Apparently, she suspected the cat was a victim of cruelty. We were poor students, each had little allowance. A few of us actually pooled our change so our friend could buy some disinfectant and possibly some bandage so that our animal doctor could attempt to remove the foreign object inserted into the cat's front paw.
A few days later, she reported that the offending nail had been removed and the paw was on the mend. Two weeks later, a home had been found for this shy cat. We were all happy that the cat had found a loving owner. It is unthinkable that people could be that cruel to purposely hurt an innocent and helpless cat when it was too young to defend itself.
A father to the fatherless, a defender to the widows, is God in his holy dwelling. Ps 68:5
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