Addicted to the Crash - A Devotional

We have a family cat. His name is Snowy. He is an indoor/outdoor cat. He comes and goes as he pleases. He is a fluffy white, Rag Doll Himalayan. A rescue kitty.

Each morning he comes to my window and wakes me up. I let him in and I walk him to his bowls. He rubs against my pajama leg as I lift the bag of cat food to his bowl and that’s when he he crashes into my hand causing me to spill his water bowl and cat food.

My daughter says that he is claiming me. He is reminding himself that I am his person and, I guess, that he is mine.

Maybe we’re all like Snowy— so hungry for love that we will crash into someone or something just to feel a connection.

I remember this quote from the movie ‘Crash’ from several years back,

“In any real city, you walk, you brush past people, and people bump into you. In L.A, nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other just so we can feel something.”

Our appetite, cravings for something we can’t quite put our finger on.

When we crash into each other, what are hoping to find? We were made to be a feeling and passionate people but there is a moment when the drive to feel something becomes like a drug. We become addicted to the feeling, to the crash.

But if instead we crash into God- no matter how long and hard we crash into Him, He doesn’t move. Though He is moved by our suffering and our pain, His conditions don’t change.  His love is constant.

 “He fills us with a sense of joy and peace that cannot be found in any other person or pill or treasure or honor.

He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.”

Proverbs 21:21