Thank God for good friends...

I just spent the last two hours catching up with two of the greatest people on God's green earth. I used to work for Bob and Phyllis at the NC Baptist State Convention. They are missionaries at NAMB and two of the most kind, generous, selfless and encouraging people I know. If only more people had hearts like theirs...

I told Phyllis about my cat's best friend and I thought I might share with you.

Meet Sheep. Yes, Sheep.


While working at the Baptist State Convention, Phyllis gave me a little stuffed sheep. She left it on my keyboard before they went out of town and I knew it was a reminder that God cares for His sheep. Well, when I got home our cat Jasper quickly adopted Sheep. As you can see Sheep is now very well loved, dirty, missing an eye and losing a bit of his stuffing. Jasper carries him around, sleeps with him almost every night and most mornings I find him in or beside the food bowl as if Jasper is trying to feed him his dinner. I have performed "surgery" on sheep several times to sew him back up and even to replace one of his eyes with an X. Sad. I have to admit I was a little ashamed to tell Phyllis that I had let Jasper take over her gift to me, but every time I see Sheep I think of her and I think of how God cares for us...no matter how dirty or beat up we are. We are loved. Be encouraged. :)