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Jesus and The Mooch

 

"The Mooch"

“I will not leave you orphaned; 
I am coming to you"

Have you ever experienced feelings of being lost or abandoned?

This is “The Mooch”

He earned that name after he appeared at the sliding door of our deck with a forlorn look.

Like many feral cats, we have no clue where he came from and how he happened to choose our deck.

So, being kind to cats, Elaine fed him.

From then on, we could count on his appearance.

Sometimes he would stay for an hour, sometimes he would stretch out and enjoy the sun most of the day.

His one rule was: don’t try to catch me.

One day he didn’t show up.

Then he didn’t show up for three days in a row and we concluded something happened to him or he simply decided to move on in search of another deck with a sliding door.

Once again, “The “Mooch” was on his own.

Jesus, though, made a promise to his disciples: he would not abandon them.

It’s hard to get through life without experiencing feeling lost or abandoned.

Certainly, Thomas and Philip had those feelings when Jesus talks about leaving his followers. (Jn 14:1-14).

Instead of leaving the disciples feeling abandoned, Jesus promised to return “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.”

Jesus reminds the disciples and us, those who follow Jesus’ commands love him; they will be loved by my God, and I will love and reveal myself to them.







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