My friend Sandy wrote today about her pushy cat Pepper, describing how she (the cat) gets in the way of being fed. Sandy writes:
But as I reflected on my demanding feline, I wondered if I do the same thing when I pray. I beg and plead with God to respond to my needs and my wants… and then I promptly get in the way. Like He needs help or something. And I wonder if my “help” is sometimes responsible for the delay in an answered prayer, if my life would be so much more peaceful if I could simply learn, like David, to wait before the Lord.
She concludes with Psalm 38:15: “But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.”
Thanks, Sandy, for reminding me of my childhood cat Willie (also pushy)–and more importantly, of giving me a really vivid picture of what getting in God’s way looks like!
Charis means grace, and that’s what this blog is about: grace, in all its—sometimes messy, always magnificent—manifestations. I’m Dan Butcher, and I invite you to join me in learning to lead a Christ-centered, grace-filled life. 
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