Simul justus et pecator - Simultaneously saint and sinner.
Cats and College
Posted On: January 24th, 2008 at 12:20 am
I really enjoy watching my cats. There’s something about the way a cat moves that is both amusing and incredible. They can be very gentle with little soft paws that can balance on almost anything, yet at the same time, very violent with those same paws when grabbing onto an unfortunate rodent.
I’m crazy about animal documentaries. It’s so much fun, at least for me, to observe animal movement. It isn’t so interesting to watch a walrus on TV, but even they have a unique design that allows them to rocket through the water like a missile.
It must be hard to be a scientist without faith and try to reason how animals could be so intricately built to thrive in their specific environments by mere chance. I suppose you could formulate possibilities and, like Charles Darwin did, come up with superficial theories, but no human theory can match the complexity and depth of even the smallest one-celled organism. This could be the example or definition of the word “frustration,” unless you can settle for just a theory.
This made me think of how God continually provides for his creation, and how every animal has a plan for how to survive built into them. How much more intricate, then, are his plans for our survival! Not only do we survive with the grace of God, we are so richly blessed daily that we constantly thrive over time. His hand is guiding the most minute of detail in the course of our lives without us asking.
In a few days I will be leaving again for college. It’s been very enjoyable to spend time with my family once again. We don’t have much of an extended family, so we’re all very close. It’s admittedly painful to leave them, but I’m glad to have the opportunities in college. Even so, I’ve been doubtful as to where my future is headed. Sometimes it seems as though it is spiraling nowhere fast, and other times it appears to be on a rapid uphill climb.
I’m very happy to have the hope given to me by faith, knowing that God will always provide more than I deserve no matter where my future is headed. As I watch my cats, it’s evident that they do not worry about if their food bowls will be filled. They know it happens, and that’s good enough. I can be successful with the help of God. I shouldn’t have to worry, because it will happen - and that’s good enough.
