OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I was having a lovely dinner at the home of my friends while their three Siamese cats roamed the apartment, and as usual, I was bursting out in allergic reactions. For several months, I had experienced allergic symptoms to cats. That evening, however, the symptoms were beyond what I had previously experienced.
Although these allergic responses to cats had persisted, I had never sought a medical diagnosis or treatment. As a Christian Scientist, I have preferred to rely on prayer for help in adverse situations. But it had never occurred to me to pray about allergies to cats; I had just dismissed the reactions as nuisances that came and went. However, that particular night I was embarrassed and exasperated. I couldn't stand it any longer. I knew that these aggressive symptoms had to leave once and for all. I slammed my hand down on the table and said loudly, "That's the end of it!"
And that was the end of it. Every allergic symptom vanished within seconds. There were even many more visits to the same home with the same cats, but I never experienced an unpleasant reaction again. When I spoke those adamant words at the dinner table that night, I knew that it was not just the physical discomfort that had driven me to declare my freedom from this condition, but God, Truth. Because I have experienced several healings throughout my study of Christian Science by turning to God, including a healing of a severe case of Lyme disease, I have learned that physical troubles do not originate in God.
