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Otis from Okmulgee

I am not a big fan of the animal feline species.  No particular reason.  I just don’t like cats, unless they are like BIG cats—like Tigger, or Aslan, or any big machines with wheels that do dirt work which are called by the name CAT.  So it won’t surprise many of you that I was only semi-interested when my California-born General Secretary Sherri Costerisan (i.e. compassionate feline fan) started bragging to me (i.e. non-cat person)  about her new cat, Otis.  My interest grew when she told me that she found him on the internet in an animal shelter in Okmulgee, felt sorry for him (that’s part of the compassionate feline fan thing), and decided to go get him.  She secured the necessary transportation, namely, Russell and Bettye Vicars, and they made a trek to Okmulgee to pick up a cat.  Otis is what she calls him.  He’s from Okmulgee, but originally from Stillwater.  Did I tell you he’s a cat?
God created cats on sixth day of Creation.  Genesis 1:25 says, “And God made…everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.”    God made cats for a purpose, I guess, and if God said that it was good, then who am I to disagree?
Interesting facts about cats:
• Cats are capable of as many as 100 different vocalizations, compared to about 10 for dogs.  This is the scientific reason, I believe, women like cats more than men, since women use more words in a day than men do.  Men use on average 25,000 words a day and a woman uses an average 50,000 words a day.  The reason? Men’s default response to women is, “Huh?” and the women have to repeat what they’ve said.
• Cats have loose skin which allow them to turn and confront a predator, even when it has a grip on them. This is the scientific reason, I believe, men like big cats better than the little cats.  Big cats are hunters and fighters, little cats are tea-sippers.
• Cats lap liquid from the underside of their tongue rather than from the top when drinking. I’m not sure what the scientific significance of licking milk from the underside of the tongue is.  You’ll have to ask Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

I must admit God is a creative God since He made so many different kinds of cats.  Like I said, I prefer the big, powerful, strong, majestic cats like Tigger and Aslan, as opposed to the whiny, spoiled-rotten, frilly homebody cats that walk around the house like they own the world.  The cat world is just another way for God to display His marvelous glory.  Honestly, I’m glad God didn’t just make one kind of cat; He made thousands.   So the next time you pet your cat, or see a cat, or read Garfield in the funny pages, I want to challenge you to remember two things—

#1.  God is a creative God.

#2.  Cats lap liquid from the underside of their tongue.
 

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