That's not exactly what I asked for...

Think about the last time you asked God for something. How did God answer you? Just as you had asked or not exactly how you thought he would?

A few weeks ago I was lying in bed late at night and I started to hear strange noises coming from within my bedroom. What was worse was that I could hear something moving! Eeekkkk!

My first thought was that it was a mouse. Now I realise that mice are God’s creatures, just as I am. That does not mean I have to like them! I did not want a mouse in my house. *shudder*

So I prayed. I prayed that the noises would go away. I prayed that the noises were not a mouse. I prayed that if it was a mouse that God would make the mouse leave! Really quite a trivial thing to pray about, but I really do not like mice. Or rats while we’re talking about small rodents.

I eventually went to sleep, continuing to ignore the strange noises. BUT as soon as I got up the next morning, the noises started again! I decided to be brave and track down the source of the noises. They seemed to be coming from the shelves by my window. So I opened the curtain to get a bit more light in my bedroom and sitting on my windowsill was a cat.

Now this is odd for two reasons. One - the cat was sitting INSIDE my bedroom. Two - I don’t OWN a cat!

I had to laugh. It seemed that God had answered my prayers! It definitely wasn’t a mouse! Sometimes God may not answer our prayers with exactly what we want, but he will answer.

My (almost) cat!