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My Wife Rescued Christmas

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Wendy MyersI heard of a woman today who got attacked by a dog, climbed a telephone pole, fell out of a tree, was yelled at by a police officer on a 911 call, got patched in to the State Police in New York, was almost arrested and sent to jail, trespassed on several people’s property, hurtled fences and hedges in a mad dash through a neighborhood, and even convinced a former mayor of our town to call in some favors to the local power company.

It sounds like a crazy plot out of some action movie, but it is just another day in the life of Wendy Myers…whom I am proud to call my wife!

What was she trying to do?

Rescue a cat named Christmas.

ChristmasYes, he is our cat. We got him for our girls at Christmas. He has been missing for four days, and Wendy found him perched 30 feet up in the air on a telephone pole, and… well, take all the events I described above and fit them together into some sort of story (any crazy story will do) and you pretty much have what happened today as she tried to rescue Christmas.

So one thing is for sure: today my wife is the talk of the town! And after the events of today, I would not at all be surprised if the police show up at our house to give her a stern lecture. Of course, she will probably lecture him right back. But that’s my Wendy!

I love you, Wendy! Never change.

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  • http://scilla.org.uk/ Chris

    Wow! But hang on, there’s a message here for me. Jesus plants his messages everywhere and there’s a powerful one in what Wendy did.

    She took risks for that cat, she broke rules, braved a dog attack, stopped at nothing – to save a cat.

    I should take risks, break rules, brave attacks, stop at nothing – to save people.

    Which of you, on Shabbat, would not untie your donkey and lead it out for a drink? (Luke 13:14-16). I am called to heal, help, encourage, feed, give a drink, visit, pray, touch those around me. Every day! When someone is lost it’s my job to go and find them and rescue them.

    • http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers

      Yeah, great point, Chris.

      I actually had something like that in the post, but then took it out. But I didn’t make the connection between what Wendy did and Luke 13:14-16. This is a great illustration of that text!

  • Sam

    Does this mean that your town has a high crime rate that is directly related to people trying to rescue stranded cats?

    • http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers

      Yes. Apparently it is a prisonable offense to climb a telephone pole….

  • Clive Clifton

    Beth, your a breath of fresh air, how I wish I had the courage to do what you do, I must admit the Church I attend has those annoying things you were speaking of, but not as obvious. We do dip our toes in the shallows when it comes to outreach once or twice a year but we do not have a strategy.
    Personally I feel I need to be in a Church and try and change it to be outward looking. It is changing slowly. I applaud what you and your children under your guidance are doing for your community. To me you are living out the true gospel and not just talking about it.
    God is so obviously working through you. May He multiply what you are doing and draw others to join you as your ministry grows. Love Clive X