Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

I'm only a cat,
and I stay in my place...
Up there on your chair,
on your bed, or your face!...
I'm only a cat,
and we'll get along fine...
As long as you know
I'm not yours...you're all mine!
                      -- Unknown

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

The Bible's only references to cats are to big cats.  Like this one: "Watch out for your great enemy, the devil.  He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.  Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith." [1 Peter 5:8-9 NLT]

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash.  That one is the cat.  If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.  -- Mark Twain

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

Hear our prayer, Lord, for all animals,
May they be well-fed and well-trained and happy;
Protect them from hunger and fear and suffering;
And, we pray, protect specially, dear Lord,
The little cat who is the companion of our home,
Keep her safe as she goes abroad,
And bring her back to comfort us.

                      -- Old Russian Prayer

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

The cat has been described as the most perfect animal, the acme of muscular perfection, and the supreme example in the animal kingdom of the coordination of mind and muscle.  -- Roseanne Ambrose-Brown

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

I never cease to be amazed by how incredibly clever and manipulative the average pet cat can be.  It is rather humbling and intensely amusing to think that we can be so successfully trained by a small furry creature.  Cats are supposedly well beneath us on the evolutionary scale, but sometimes I wonder.

                                                                   -- Vicky Halls

Happy Birthday!

This is Sukiey's "Mom" posting.  I want to wish my baby girl a happy birthday on Saturday.  Sukiey, darling, you will be 11 calendar years old.  In terms of human years, that's 61 years old.  Have a great day sweetheart!

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

If you're lucky enough to own a cat, consider yourself one of life's winners because when you have a cat around you'll never be lonely; the sound of its purr will give you comfort, and as you hold it and pet it, stress will slip away.
                                                                    -- Sharon Lundblad

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

Cats cry pitifully when they're exhausted and trapped.
So do some of us.  But we have hope.
"The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry" [Psalm 34:15 NIV].

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

Independence Day

Communication and understanding are the two most important links between cats and their owners.  It is obvious to sensitive and caring owners that their cats are aware when the owners are unhappy or in ill health.  Likewise, the cats respond with joyful play when the owner's mood is jolly.

-- Anitra Frazier and Norma Eckroate

Ins-purr-ation for Cat Lovers

There's a mouse house
In the hall wall
With a small door
By the hall floor
Where the fat cat
Sits all day,
Sits that way
All day
Every day
Just to say
"Come out and play."

-- John Ciardi