When I make my mind up about getting something, I go after it with everything I have. I don’t care if I have to jump off a chair, or climb onto a stool, I have a big streak of “stick to it” in me.
I love playing with the kittens’ scratching post- as you can see, I’ve almost played it apart. I’ve pulled the rope loose that’s at the top and I pull it around the room. I’ve pulled the carpet loose from the bottom part of the post, and I’m trying to eat whatever is underneath it. If the kittens want to play with it, they’ve got to get by me.
My mom says she needs to learn from me- she says she needs to go after God’s heart with everything she has, and not give up no matter what happens.
But sometimes, when I’m outside checking the perimeter of our yard for any dangers, I find things I don’t need to get into. Mom has to take things away from me sometimes – things like a piece of trash that has blown into the yard, or a piece of loose wire that’s been dropped on the driveway, or cigarette butts from when we have visitors.
I don’t like it when Mom takes those things away from me- if she tries to get my attention on something else, it never works, because I keep going back to whatever it is. She ends up having to pick me up and then throw away whatever I’m after so I can’t get to it.
and Mom says she needs to learn from me on that too- she says she needs to learn that some things and people aren’t good for her to be around, so she needs to learn to stay away from them as much as possible.
She knows sometimes she can’t completely avoid people, but she’s trying to learn not to allow them so close to her that they have a sway on her heart.
Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov 4:23