It usually doesn’t work out every day, but at least a few times a week we try to sit down for a family Bible time. And sometimes the sitting down part doesn’t happen at all.

Sometimes boys just can not be still.

And did you know that among boys, wrestling is a dangerously contagious disease?

Or maybe it’s a genetic trait present only on the Y chromosome? I haven’t noticed this same phenomenon in girls.

I have observed, however, that there is one thing that seems to have the power to calm a boy.

The entire time this “All In” wrestling  match went on, one kid sat on the sofa subdued by the power……

of the feline. Look at the feline face up close again.

Completely calm in the face of mass chaos a few feet away from him. This is why God gave us domestic cats- to cause us to be able to successfully have family Bible time.

Unfortunately, I think that cats can only exert their calming influence on one individual at a time…..