Testimony of Healing October 26, 1968 Issue

The application of the simple concept of Truth that one spiritual...

LaVerne A. Wollerman

The application of the simple concept of Truth that one spiritual idea cannot interfere with another resulted in the harmonious outcome of a combination of circumstances. This helpful thought was given to me by a Christian Science nurse when I sought her services at the birth of our child. She had already scheduled a similar case due the day after my baby was expected. Instead of refusing to come to us, she assured me that God supplies our every need and that one of His ideas cannot interfere with another. I put my trust in God's care and kept that statement in mind during the following months.

As the time approached for the new arrival, I became disturbed by the sudden mischievousness and destructiveness of our kitten. I believed I couldn't trust her out of my sight, and so felt burdened and fearful for the infant soon to arrive. Human reasoning led me to locate another home for the cat. The evening before she was to leave us, my four-year-old son complained of an earache. We sat and talked about the seven synonyms for God—Spirit, Mind, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love—and many of the truths he had learned in the Christian Science Sunday School. This, combined with the singing of hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal, brought him peace; and soon he was asleep.

Then I asked myself, "What have I been listening to?" I was listening to the suggestion that a kitten could be a possible interference. Logically, if I believed that one idea cannot interfere with another, and expected to prove it in my human experience, I could not accept the false belief I had harbored about this animal. One must be consistent when working in Christian Science. For months I had been declaring and knowing absolutely that this baby could in no way impoverish any member of the household but would bring his own supply; that he could not deprive me of church activity, which I love; and that none of us could interfere with his normal and beautiful unfoldment. So I reversed my thinking about the kitten and recognized her as the loving, sweet-dispositioned idea she really was, not a threat to the beauty and serenity of our home or to any of its members.

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