Testimony of Healing October 7, 2013 Issue

Farm dog quickly healed

Debby Miller

Raising three children on a farm in Northern Minnesota taught me to turn us continually to the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, for healing. One passage our family frequently studied states: “All of God’s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies. It supports Christian healing, and enables its possessor to emulate the example of Jesus. ‘And God saw that it was good’ ” (pp. 514–515).

One evening several months ago, just at dusk, I was walking our three horses out to pasture. Stopping at the barn, I grabbed a convenient piece of twine, and using it as a halter, led the gentle gelding out toward the gate about half a mile away. Our two frisky Halflinger draft horses were happily running circles around us, as the two big hunting dogs, Rowdy and Ruckus, were at their heels. (My husband has taught them to be cattle dogs as well.) It was a glorious, warm evening after a very long winter, and the atmosphere was one of gratitude and joy.

About midway to the gate, Ruckus, the less experienced dog, got too close to one of the galloping horses and was unintentionally trampled. This occurred right in front of me, and the scene was grave. It appeared that Ruckus’s back had been broken, and that he was passing on. Mentally pushing what seemed like a wall of fear out of the way, I instinctively began to pray and declare the truth. The Bible promises, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear” (I John 4:18), and it was this perfect love of God that calmed the anxiety, allowing me to listen to God’s messages.

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