Will I still love him??
Will I still love him??
I got clawed by my cat, AGAIN! The first time was quite a few years back when he really attacked me before he calmed down from his fight with another cat. I was bruised on both hands and feet and had to see a doctor and get a jab against tetanus.
Anyway ... I was bathing him on Monday afternoon and having dried him with the towel, I carriedg him to the balcony to sun himself so that he can dry faster. Lo and behold, I didn't know what got into him, he struggled to get out of my arms and as he did so, he scratched me!! and left really LONG scratch marks - on both sides of my forearm. I had 3 long scratches on my right hand, and 2 long scratches on my left ... sob sob ...
As I tried to stop the bleeding, I used one of my hands to clean the wounds of the other, so obviously the side which I cleaned stopped bleeding. And as I used the OK hand to clean the wound of the other hand, sigh* the OK hand starts to bleed again. Well, those who know basic first-aid will know that when there's bleeding in the forearm, the only way to stop the bleeding is to lift both forearms upwards - that explains why I kept bleeding after I cleaned this hand, and then the next - too eager to want the bleeding to stop. Well, can't blame me - you would have been "scare off" by the gory sight, haha. I told my friends when I shared with them about this incident that "I almost died from excessive loss of blood" ... hahaha.
Anyway, the "interesting" question I asked myself after having suffered the blood loss, the pain, and the "trauma" is "will I still love my cat?" And my answer is an obvious "YES". And that led me to think about God's love for each one of us ...
Count the number of times that God was "clawed" by us and bleeded badly from his pain ...
count the number of times we had hurt God with our actions, our tantrums and words ... count the number of times we've turned our backs on God when He kept calling for us from behind ... count the number of times we've made promises to God and disappoint Him because of our "forgetfulness" ... count the number of times we had taken God to be the genie in the bottle, only to chuck Him aside when things are going on well again ...
God had to bear with so much from us - in fact, too much already, until I guess He would have said, "ENOUGH!", but yet He did not. All because He loved us too much - He believed in us, believe that we will be touched by His genuine love, His sincerity, His unceasing and steadfast love. How we have often fail Him ... but when God is asked the question, "Will I still love him, or her?" His answer will be an affirming and resounding "YES!" all because He's our Creator, our Father, our Savior, our Lord, our Friend ...
The other lesson I'm reminded of about God from this incident is this - that even though we had often hurt God, yet He still gave us the free will to respond and act. He chose not to remove that free will from us because He wanted us to love Him with our whole hearts, and not because we were programmed to do so. Just like some friends were asking me, "Why not declaw your cat?" I replied that it's firstly too cruel a thing to do, and secondly, without his claws, he will not be who he is - a normal cat.
Well, the scratches had caused inconveniences - I had to be wearing long sleeves for the next couple of days, but I'm thankful that through this incident it can be a reflection and reminder of God's love and seeing love from His perspective. And I'm definitely thankfu that I wasn't scratched on my face - could have been disfigured - am I thankful for His intervention and protection? Of course!
I got clawed by my cat, AGAIN! The first time was quite a few years back when he really attacked me before he calmed down from his fight with another cat. I was bruised on both hands and feet and had to see a doctor and get a jab against tetanus.
Anyway ... I was bathing him on Monday afternoon and having dried him with the towel, I carriedg him to the balcony to sun himself so that he can dry faster. Lo and behold, I didn't know what got into him, he struggled to get out of my arms and as he did so, he scratched me!! and left really LONG scratch marks - on both sides of my forearm. I had 3 long scratches on my right hand, and 2 long scratches on my left ... sob sob ...
As I tried to stop the bleeding, I used one of my hands to clean the wounds of the other, so obviously the side which I cleaned stopped bleeding. And as I used the OK hand to clean the wound of the other hand, sigh* the OK hand starts to bleed again. Well, those who know basic first-aid will know that when there's bleeding in the forearm, the only way to stop the bleeding is to lift both forearms upwards - that explains why I kept bleeding after I cleaned this hand, and then the next - too eager to want the bleeding to stop. Well, can't blame me - you would have been "scare off" by the gory sight, haha. I told my friends when I shared with them about this incident that "I almost died from excessive loss of blood" ... hahaha.
Anyway, the "interesting" question I asked myself after having suffered the blood loss, the pain, and the "trauma" is "will I still love my cat?" And my answer is an obvious "YES". And that led me to think about God's love for each one of us ...
Count the number of times that God was "clawed" by us and bleeded badly from his pain ...
count the number of times we had hurt God with our actions, our tantrums and words ... count the number of times we've turned our backs on God when He kept calling for us from behind ... count the number of times we've made promises to God and disappoint Him because of our "forgetfulness" ... count the number of times we had taken God to be the genie in the bottle, only to chuck Him aside when things are going on well again ...
God had to bear with so much from us - in fact, too much already, until I guess He would have said, "ENOUGH!", but yet He did not. All because He loved us too much - He believed in us, believe that we will be touched by His genuine love, His sincerity, His unceasing and steadfast love. How we have often fail Him ... but when God is asked the question, "Will I still love him, or her?" His answer will be an affirming and resounding "YES!" all because He's our Creator, our Father, our Savior, our Lord, our Friend ...
The other lesson I'm reminded of about God from this incident is this - that even though we had often hurt God, yet He still gave us the free will to respond and act. He chose not to remove that free will from us because He wanted us to love Him with our whole hearts, and not because we were programmed to do so. Just like some friends were asking me, "Why not declaw your cat?" I replied that it's firstly too cruel a thing to do, and secondly, without his claws, he will not be who he is - a normal cat.
Well, the scratches had caused inconveniences - I had to be wearing long sleeves for the next couple of days, but I'm thankful that through this incident it can be a reflection and reminder of God's love and seeing love from His perspective. And I'm definitely thankfu that I wasn't scratched on my face - could have been disfigured - am I thankful for His intervention and protection? Of course!
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