Beerus
Hey everyone! If you didn’t get the link to Mary Magdalene series I’m doing, it is below (if the emailer doesn’t cut it out again).
🌎The World Before the Word
It rarely starts big.
A small inconvenience.
But Mom is gone and the cat is anxious.
Hush up cat!
I turn back to my reading.
Scratching at the floor…
Psssst! Stop! It flees.
Breakfast, cat underfoot.
That anger builds.
OUT OF THE WAY!!
Everywhere I look— there is the cat.
I take a nap, a weight on my lap, a cold nose at my chin.
The neighbors probably heard me that time.
Soon the monster returns.
GET OFF!
Coffee spills— words are exchanged with the universe.
The God of cats has taken a side.
The cat is unrelenting and patient— it will receive the love it desires.
But I won’t be defeated by this creature!
…oh but I will
The Old Reflex
The old reflex is to treat each moment as isolated.
We don’t recognize the build.
We react to the current irritation
without acknowledging what it’s sitting on top of.
I’m the boss. It’s my house— I am in control!
So the response is always just slightly stronger than the situation requires.
give the cat a little chicken so he may shut up
but that isn’t what the cat needs
It started with my peace
……………………….…then my carpet
…………….…………………………..….Then my lap
……………….……………………………….empty cup of coffee
………………….…………………………………………………….a towel in hand
Something small isn’t working… and it keeps escalating
Control, negotiation, partial surrender, return to control
That’s the way we’ve always done it when we think we are in control
and it seldom works out the way we expect
🌿The new Covenant Posture
Yes, perfect peace, Shalom Shalom— even in these times is a principle of the New Covenant.
Early surrender prevents unnecessary escalation.
Not after the escalation.
Not after the tone shifts.
If we learn to do this with the “little things”, like a cat…
We are better prepared on how to do it with the bigger things.
What we eventually learn is that when we refuse to release, we are forced to endure.
Grace interrupts accumulation.
It keeps the small things small.
📜 The Word
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
📖 1 Peter 5:8
Okay— maybe that’s just me not fully accepting my defeat or transforming properly. In this case I probably was closer to the subject of that verse than the actual “lion” was.
Perhaps this one is better:
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”
📖 Ecclesiastes 7:9
🤵 Pastoral Word
I’m pretty quick to shift on the hard stuff— sometimes the little things that I want to control are where the real work needs to happen. In this case it wasn’t the cat that escalated the day. It was what I refused to release. Yea, he got his attention, he’s fine (for now). 😁
What this story reminds me of is Pharoah vs. Moses & God in Exodus. I played the roll of Pharoah in this case and it cost me. It’s probably still not over— “Mom” will probably have something to say about that stain.
Pharoah had ten plagues.
I had one cat and a cup of coffee
… but the pattern was the same. Resist! It’s my will, not His!
We can certainly learn big things interacting with the smallest of creatures.
This is “Beerus” in anime
The cat was named by my daughter. There is quite a lot of irony in this post I expect you may appreciate.
🙏 Let's Pray
Lord,
May your spirit remain light as you move through this day.
When small frustrations appear,
may you recognize them for what they are—
momentary,
manageable,
and not meant to be carried forward.
May you release quickly
instead of holding tightly.
May your responses remain measured,
your tone steady,
your heart unburdened by accumulation.
You do not need to carry every small disruption into the next moment.
Grace is present early—
not just after things escalate.
Let the small things pass.
Let peace return quickly.
And may your spirit remain free
from the weight of what was never meant to stay.
Amen
🔥 Carry this With You Today
I release small tensions before they become heavy ones.
