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Kittens healed
Last fall, my two sons and I decided to add another pet to our family as a Christmas present. We already had a dog, Lexi, and a cat named Lillian. We visited the local Humane Society to pick out our new pet and fell in love with two.
We were thrilled with our new family members—a small kitten named Muffin and a slightly older kitten named Toona. About a week after we’d adopted them, they became very ill. Both kittens seemed very weak, and their breathing sounded wheezy. (I later found out that other animals from the shelter had been suffering from the same symptoms.)
I wanted to protect our new pets, so I prayed for their well-being, and I also prayed for myself, to understand that the only thing contagious in our house was good. We were a family brought together and held together by the divine love of God, who is a Parent to us all, including pets. We are all part of His universal family of creation. I knew these new little ones were brought into our lives for a reason, and the outcome could only be good and right. Our other pets, Lexi and Lillian, never became ill.
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November 19, 2012 issue
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Letters
Robin Weiland, Claire McArthur, Dodie Percy Strauss
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A harvest of spiritual fruits
Aaron Bingham, Staff Editor
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Thanks living and praise giving
Steven Salt
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Praise God's provision
Liz Underhill
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The geometry of praise
Laura Remmerde
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Every human need?
Marjorie Kehe
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During deployment, Love was there
Lauren Stillman Nofsinger
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Conversations in heaven
Maryl Walters
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Cause and creation*
Jeff Ward-Bailey
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New spiritual awakening
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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I am grateful for God
Katie
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First reader healed
Roger Gordon
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It's no mystery
Cindy Roemer
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Not so solo
Kaiana Bradley
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I'm chosen. And so are you.
Jenny Sawyer
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Business and the Sermon on the Mount
E. Garrett Stone
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Polished mental shields
Madelon Maupin
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Starting right
Nancy Fischer
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The present heaven
Virginia Harris
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Safe journey
Lindsey Taylor
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Facial injuries healed
Wendy Berrie
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'A deep stillness' and relief from sickness
Patricia Farrar with contributions from Howard Farrar
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Kittens healed
Kay Keelor
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Grateful teens
The Editors