Macy's Barn Cat Promise

Nothing is impossible with GOD!!¹

I love cats!

Do you love cats too?

My Grammy loved cats, but my Papa didn't like cats at all.

Just before I was born, my Papa went to heaven. So, when I was 3 years old, my mommy gave her mother, Grammy, her own cat as a Christmas present.

Spade

Grammy named her Calico cat Spade. Spade loved my Grammy, but Spade did not like me. I was not kind to Spade.

When I came to visit my Grammy at her house, Spade would hide from me under a table or deep behind the sofa.

When she would hide, I would crawl under the sofa after her and try to pull Spade out by her paws so I could hold her.

When I held her, I squeezed her very tightly because if I didn’t, Spade would jump out of my arms and run away.

Most cats will scratch or bite or hiss to make you stop. Spade didn't scratch or bite or hiss, but I would not stop trying to catch her.

When my Grammy went to heaven to be with Papa, I wanted Spade to be mine. But we had a very big dog named Sam.

Our Dog Sam

Sam was a German Shepherd, and he loved to chase cats. We named our dog Sam after Samson in the Bible, who was very strong. Sam, our dog, was strong and protected our family.

German Shepherds are good dogs, and our Sam was an outdoor dog with thick, oily fur.

Since we couldn't keep Spade inside because my brother is allergic to cat fur and Spade wasn't safe outside with Sam, God found her a new home. A nice lady at our church took Spade because she loved cats too.

Not having Shade to visit made me want a cat so much, and I'd cry. So, I asked my dad, and he said, “You don’t need to cry, because we are moving far away to live on a farm. And if our farm has a barn, you may have a barn cat.”

When we moved to our farm, I was very happy because we had many barns. But when I asked for my barn cat, my dad said, "No." When I cried to my mom, she said, “Don't ask your dad again, just pray, Macy, and see what your Heavenly Father will do.”

God Answers My Prayer

So, each time I thought of the cat I didn't get, or I thought about Grammy's cat, Spade, I asked my Heavenly Father, God, to give me a barn cat.

One day something bad happened that God used for good, and it was the way He planned to answer my prayer when I first asked Him!

I was behind our big barn when one of our horses stepped on my foot. My foot got fat and turned purple. I tried, but I couldn't stop crying. My dad said, "Macy, tell everyone to get in the van. We are going somewhere special. We are going to get you your barn cat." I got in our big, long van and we drove way up into the hills.

When I got into the van, I forgot all about my sore foot. I was happy!!

God used this sad, bad thing for good—just like He does all the time. God was about to answer my prayer, and I was so excited!!

As we drove way up into the hills, we splashed through a shallow stream before we stopped at an old farm. All of us—my three brothers, my two sisters, and I jumped out of the van when we saw dozens of kittens everywhere!!

My mom and dad told me, “Macy, go and find your barn cat." Right away I saw my barn cat. I scooped her into my arms, kissed her, and thanked God for answering my prayer!

I learned that when you pray, God, your Father, hears you praying and He wants to bless you with double what you hoped for! If something is not fair, which the Bible says is unjust, it means GOD wants to bless you DOUBLE or two!

This is one of the millions of GOD's promises. “Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs."³

Latte

Latte’s fur looked like a cup of coffee with lots of cream in it—just like my mommy liked to drink it.

When my mommy came to find me, I saw that she was holding Latte’s mommy, whom I called ChiChi, which sounds like “She-She,” my mommy’s favorite French pastry she ate with her coffee! My mom said that Latte was too young to be away from her mommy, so God gave me DOUBLE! I didn’t get just one barn cat— I got two! A mommy cat and her soft baby kitten!

Happily Ever After

God not only loves to bless us with DOUBLE—by giving us two when we pray!! God really LOVES the word multiply—and multiply means when two becomes four and four turns into a LOT of Barn Cats! God blessed me with more and more cats, many litters.

Very soon we had many cats that kept the mice out of our barns and

our house, which made my daddy very happy we got barn cats!

The End

Dedication

This book is dedicated to granddaughters everywhere. Never forget the story of Macy and what GOD said 3 times about impossibilities...

“With people this is impossible, but WITH GOD all things are possible."⁴

Be sure to share Macy’s Barn Cat Promise with your friends—in “every tribe, nation and language.”² so they’ll believe in God’s Promises too!