Cynthia's granddaughter, Janina, recently acquired two pets - a black kitten whom she named "Raisin" and a few weeks later a black labrador puppy whom she named "Vanilla". Janina loved both animals with equal passion, caring for them, cuddling them, feeding them. Until one day for some unknown reason Raisin bit her master. Three times! Sadly Janina had to return her beloved kitten to PAWS where she originally got her. I thought that incident would make a good analogy about God and people.
God is like Janina who treats all mankind equally. God wants to care for us and love us so much and is very much concerned about our welfare regardless of who we are. Non-believers are like cats. Their relationship to their master is based on their own terms. They will only approach their owner when they are hungry. Occasionally they would purr and rub their bodies to their master's leg if they wanted some attention. But the master can never expect any loyalty or constant affection from them. And they can be real mean if they are forced to do something they don't want to do.
Christians on the other hand are like dogs. They know that their master loves them and cares for them. In turn they are loyal and affectionate always wanting to be near their owner. They would even protect with their lives their master if necessary.
We can never change a cat into a dog, but we can, through the power of the Holy Spirit, help make non-believers into believers.
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