Some time ago I went into the church sanctuary to find two ladies sitting on the platform. One was holding a cat and the other a dog. What's this all about I wondered? I soon learned some "new" theology from those two animals.
When you pet, feed and care for your dog he wags his tail and says, "You're my master." When you pet, feed and care for your cat he purrs and says, "I'm your master." The focus of the illustration was on our attitude toward God. The similarities are easily seen.
However, we, like the dog and cat, often treat others in the same way. We can appreciate those around us and joyfully see them as folks who need our service and care. Or, we can manipulate them and see them as a source of providing for our wants and needs. The best approach is summed up in the biblical admonition to treat others and we would like to be treated.
Today as we encounter people we must choose to respond to them like a dog and see our role as a servant or like a cat and see them as our servant. As we decide which response we will make it would be well to remember what Jesus said: "The first shall be last and the last shall be first."
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