Testimony of Healing April 18, 2016 Issue

Injuries from cat healed, harmony restored

Tara D. Talbot

Several times in the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson a few months ago, the term sober appeared, as in, “Let us watch and be sober” (I Thessalonians 5:6), and from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, “Be watchful, sober, and vigilant” (p. 324). One definition for sober I found in Bible reference materials is to keep your wits about you. It’s this definition that reminded me of a healing I had a number of years ago.

An alley kitten had adopted me, and I was slowly introducing him to the other cat in my household. It had been going well, and after several months, I let them both outside in the backyard to enjoy the early spring sunshine. I joined them too, to keep an eye on them. At one point, my house cat attacked the kitten and began chasing him with intent to harm.

I attempted to break them up while declaring in silent prayer that God’s creatures could not in reality harm one another. God’s spiritual creations, reflecting His goodness, act and relate to each other harmoniously. I picked up my house cat, but in the excitement of the moment he turned his very sharp claws on me. I released him, and he ran inside. The kitten had disappeared.

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