Article July 12, 1999 Issue

for kids

Fish have healings, too

B. Gail Benjamin

WHEN Lawrence, my nephew, went on holiday, he asked me to look after his fish, Coco and Chanel. His mum brought them to our home, set up the bowl and filter, and showed me how much food to give them each day.

The next morning when I went to feed them, they were hardly moving and didn't seem in very good shape at all. They didn't even want to eat. I telephoned a friend, who said, "Well if they aren't floating on the top, they're still alive." I didn't think that was helpful at all! I hardly wanted to tell Lawrence that his fish hadn't survived while he was away. That would have been a very unpleasant welcome home for him.

I knew I needed to stop being afraid that something bad could happen to Coco and Chanel, or to any of God's creatures. Christ Jesus told his followers to "preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). The gospel is the good news that God loves us and cares for us. So that is exactly what I did. I sat next to these dear little fish and told them that "God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth ... and God saw that it was good" (Gen. 1;21).

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