A Cat Named Cameo

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Cameo was a beautiful Himalayan cat, but she had only one eye. Only perfect animals can be taken to cat shows, so poor Cameo could never be exhibited. There would be no blue ribbons for her-no prizes for a proud owner.
So to the veterinarian Cameo went, and her owner said, “I don’t want this cat; put her to sleep!”
How sad! But isn’t that the way people often are today? If one is pretty or handsome or talented, the world bids high for them. They say, “Make something of yourself!”
But if a person is plain or poor, often no one cares about them. Right? No, wrong! In Psa. 40:1717But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. (Psalm 40:17) David says, “I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me.” God cares about us no matter who we are or how bad we have been. What a Savior!
In 1 Sam. 16:77But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) it also says, “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” No matter how much we “pretty up” our faces, our hearts are still black with sin on the inside. We must come to Jesus to wash our sins away. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son [God’s Son] cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)).
We too, like Cameo, can have only one eye, or be totally blind, or lame or sick or poor, but if we come to the Savior we will be “accepted in the Beloved.” Cameo was not put to sleep after all; one of the vet’s assistants rescued her and took her home to a comfortable life as the family pet.
Even so Christ Jesus in His love and mercy picks up poor sinners and gives them a home with Him, where there is everlasting joy and happiness. Come to Him NOW, just as you are, for He has promised that “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)).