Garfield in the Rain

I thought I would share something funny this evening. Who remembers Garfield the Cat? Garfield was funny in some ways, but not so much in other ways, but he has made me laugh a lot. I still watch it on the Pluto TV app, which is completely free to watch, download the app and start watching.

Looking at this picture of him, it is only raining on him, and no other place. I can see that this annoys him. Who knows what he’s done for it to only be raining on him? He tormented Odie, and could not stand Nermal, but ordered John around as if he was John’s master. Garfield was sneaky and greedy. If you have watched the show you know what I am talking about.

Don’t get me wrong, but I can see that we can be that way too at times, only thinking about ourselves and not others. We do not want to be that way. Yes, it rains on the just and the unjust just as the sun shines on us all, but do we appreciate the sun and the rain that God provides for us to enjoy? Maybe we do, and maybe we don’t. We complain about both, but what can we do about it, the answer is nothing. We just have to accept it as it is.

Unlike Garfield, he is only a cartoon character made up by someone who had a vivid imagination, but unlike us, we were created by someone who is the creator of all things. We were created in His likeness. We are human beings who have a soul living within us. We have the Spirit of God living inside of us. Without Hus Spirit, we cannot live and have our being.

See, cartoons are just what they are, cartoons. They don’t have a spirit living inside of them. They are not real, but technology makes them look real. When the show is over, it’s over, and the cartoon characters cannot speak, move, or do anything until the film is running again, but it is the same thing over and over again; nothing changes.

When we look at our lives, what do we see ourselves doing? Do we see ourselves doing something different, or do we see a rerun of the same thing over and over again? What can we do differently to have a different outcome in our lifetime? When one gets tired of the same old thing happening, you have to do something different to see a different outcome. No one wants to be compared with a movie reel. When we think about how things happen in our lives, who do we blame? Do we blame God, the enemy, or do we blame ourselves? That’s something to think about.

It is always going to rain on the good and the bad, but we can’t blame God for what we go through. It is not His fault when things go wrong in our lives. I can truly say that we all have blamed God for something when things did not turn out as we wanted them to. He knows that we have, but because of the love He has for us, He helps us to see our wrongs and forgives us. He knows that we don’t have it all together as we appear to but through it all, we love Him as we should. He will discipline us when we need it, but it is for our good and not to harm us. So, the next time it rains, thank Him for it whether you are feeling good, or sorrowful.

As always, stay safe, stay blessed, and thank you for joining me on my journey with Food for the Soul. © by Shaunelius L. Sterns 2022