Needing Attention
As you know if you have been reading blog, I share my home with five cats. One has particularly bonded with me, a tortoise shell named Mittens. I tell her every morning that she is the most beautiful cat in the whole world. My first chore is to feed the cats before I sit down to write my blog. Four hungry cats follow me to their feeding station, but Mittens does not join in. She waits by my study door while I feed the others because she knows I will be going there soon. As soon as I head towards the door, in she runs, jumps up on my desk, and starts purring loudly while she rolls around looking for some loving attention. I tell her she is the most beautiful cat in the whole world and make sure she gets needed attention.
She can be so annoying at times. She chases my mouse arrow around on the computer screen. She has to lay in the middle of my desk so I will not miss her. That means I must type my blog from a small corner on the desk. Forget trying to use a pen while she is needing attention. The pen becomes something she can whack with her paws. Yes, I have pushed her away at times when she gets the best of me, and I feel guilty. She just needs my attention.
People are really not that much different than Mittens. If our children need our attention, they will do some of the most annoying things to get it, even act out. I confess, when I am sick I may “milk it” a bit to get some needed attention. I have even cried out in desperation and asked God to give me His attention when no one else seemed to notice my pain.
God gives me His attention and wants my attention. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13 NIV
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Oh I love this. So sweet
well said and so true