The evangelistic newspaper of the modern Jesus Army
2010
CAT WOMAN GRABS THE HEADLINES
45-year-old Mary Bale became an international hate figure recently after dumping a four-year-old tabby called Lola into a wheelie bin near her home in Coventry, West Midlands.
Mary's cat abuse was caught on CCTV and shown on the news. Since then Mary has been under police protection and death threats have been levelled at her from as far afield as Australia.
We Brits love our animals, and this kind of outrageous cruelty is simply unforgivable, isn't it?
Thank God, no.
Think chucking a cat in a bin is bad? How about nailing the Son of God to a cross?
That's what the human race did to Jesus; and God let it happen. Why? So that all the rubbish in our lives - the ugly things we do on a daily basis - could be thrown away and we could start again.
Our bad attitudes, stupid choices, innate selfishness - all thrown away and forgotten forever in the death of Jesus. He did our dying for us.
In return, we get a clean slate. A new start. Peace with God.
So: Mary Bale needs forgiveness, from God - and the rest of us as well.
A prayer: God, thank You for sending Jesus to rescue us at such great cost. Jesus, thank You for dying so that I could be set free. Please fill me with the new life of Your Spirit so I can live for You.
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