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Bad dog? Not any more!
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
Dog attacks often make headline news here in my hometown of Brisbane, Australia, and many other places around the world. It’s not unnatural for people to be concerned. Who wouldn’t want to keep themselves and their children safe from harm?
Yet none of us has to live with a fear of canines. I know from personal experience that everyone in the community can be safe around dogs. This is not just a pat on the head, “you’ll be all right” attitude on my part. My confidence is the result of the prayer I did when I was once faced with an aggressive dog.
Every day on my way to and from school I had to pass a certain house where there was a large, snarling dog. I tried to avoid detection by walking on the road, in the gutter, or by tiptoeing past quietly. One afternoon I even took my shoes off so he wouldn’t hear me.
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Beverly Goldsmith is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
