This Dialogue Sounds Familiar

Today I was on my way home from work and was headed to Kroger’s to pick up lunch when Holy Spirit says go to HEB instead. I start to argue and say the store is too big, I want to get in and out and then I stop myself.

I had the same conversation with the Lord some years ago.

I was disobedient last time and ended up running out of the back of Kroger’s because the bank in the front of the store was being robbed at gunpoint.

As I recalled this incident, I gladly pulled into HEB and found a parking spot right near the front door. Hey it’s hot and I’ll park farther away when the weather is agreeable.

As I headed inside, I see three cats in a vehicle with the windows rolled up and no air conditioning. I’ve never seen cats pant before. The babies were meowing at me and my heart sank. I ran inside, found the store manager and she called for the owners of the car over the in-store speaker.

By the time the lady and gentlemen got to the car, I didn’t see the kitty who greeted me at the window meowing so loudly. I was told kitty didn’t survive but the the other two did. I was hurt.

The lady who approached the car didn’t seem stable. She could have had Parkinson’s disease or had some other health or mental issue. The gentlemen accompanying her seemed in good health. I wondered if the two were homeless because their cars were packed full of stuff. One of the cats was in a carrier, the other was sitting on top of his kitty litter box and the other one who didn’t make it was moving freely around the car.

It’s August and it’s Houston. We’ve got a ridge of high pressure sitting over the city which makes it feel like 110 degrees outside. I don’t want to know what the temps were inside that car. I don’t know what made them think it was OK to leave their cats in a hot car, on a hot day in Houston. A friend of mine tells me this is illegal so I will add the HSPCA’s number in my phone – just in case. I seem to have frequent pet rescue encounters and am thinking I should go down there and introduce myself. LOL!

Two kitties are alive because I went to HEB.

The inner dialogue sounded so familiar and warranted my obedience this time.

I’m glad I’m listened.