Review: Cats Are Part of His Kingdom, Too

Cats Are Part of His Kingdom, Too
By Cindy Vincent
Mysteries by Vincent, LLC, 2013


A touching devotional that cat lovers will enjoy!


Summary

As Christians, sometimes it’s hard for us to comprehend the love our Heavenly Father has for us, His Earthly children. Author Cindy Vincent began to realize the depth of His love after caring for several rescued cats and then bringing them into her home. That’s when she began to notice the parallels between her relationship with these precious felines and God’s relationship with us. After all, as a pet Mom, she works in so many behind-the-scenes ways to make life wonderful for her little feline family, much like God works behind the scenes to make life wonderful for us. Yet much like her cats have no comprehension of all that she does for them, we have no comprehension of all that God does for us.

Before long, she began to see lots of parallels, and decided to put these down in the form of Daily Devotions, to demonstrate just how very much God loves us.

My thoughts

First let me state that I love cats, so Cindy had a very receptive audience for this book to begin with. This is not a deep or theological book, but rather a tender collection of meditations that anyone who loves cats will relate to and find inspiration from. I was also pleasantly surprised at Cindy's spiritual insight in being able to draw parallels between her relationship with her beloved cats and our relationship with a loving God. Indeed, Cats Are Part of His Kingdom, Too!

"Witty, inspiring, feel-good, heartwarming, and touching" are a few ways I would describe this sweet book. It contains 33 short devotionals, each with an observation of behavior or characteristic, followed by a brief application and Scripture passage. Cindy is an excellent writer and her words easily flow across the page. These devotionals would be good for personal meditation, but I also think they would work extremely well for teaching moments with children.

Here's one of my favorites as an example:

        When we adopted Moose, he was an orphan kitty and barely three weeks old. he was probably the runt of the litter, and his Mom had been killed before he'd even been weaned. That meant we had to bottle-feed him with special kitten formula if he had any hopes of survival. So there he was, this teeny, tiny little black fuzzball, curled up in the palm of my hand, sucking noisily from a doll-sized bottle and staring up at me with adoring eyes.
        I asked my husband what we should name this miniature kitten. He smiled and said without hesitation, "Moose."
       "Moose?" I laughed. "That's a pretty big name for such a little guy."
       "He may be little now," my husband said. "But someday he'll be a great, big cat."

Cindy goes on to write that God "doesn't just see us as we are today. He sees our future and he sees what we'll become, as long as we continue to walk with Him and keep growing in our relationship with Him." That's a message that always brings comfort and touches my soul.

Other devotionals remind us of even more spiritual truths:  that God loves us in spite of our imperfections or brokenness . . . that we really don't need to worry, because God will take care of us . . . that we can trust Him because He's always there for us . . . that God has blessed each of us with special gifts . . . to open our eyes because there are miracles all around.

I appreciate all that Cindy has done to rescue and love cats, a precious part of God's creation. I enjoyed every minute spent in reading this collection and recommend it all who have a love for cats.

Please note that Cats Are Part of His Kingdom, Too is free for Kindle from now through May 6!

Cat Show Princess

Cindy Vincent was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and has lived all around the US and Canada. She is the creator of the Mysteries by Vincent murder mystery party games and the Daisy Diamond Detective Series games for girls. She is also the award-winning author of the Buckley and Bogey Cat Detective Caper books, and the Daisy Diamond Detective book series. She lives with her husband and an assortment of fantastic felines. You can learn more about the Buckley and Bogey books at www.buckleyandbogey.com.

Connect with Cindy Vincent on Pinterest - Buckley Bergdorf, Cat Detective, Goodreads, and Buckley’s Blog.

This book can be purchased at:
Amazon - Kindle version - free through May 6, $2.99 after that
Amazon - Paper - $7.79
Barnes & Noble - Paper - $7.79

You can also add it to your Goodreads bookshelf.

Thank you to Amber Stokes for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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