"It's easy to tell people to have faith," says prize-winning cat breeder Laura Thomas, "but trying to tell them how to have it is a lot like trying to nail jelly to the wall." If so, Thomas's engaging account of a year spent on the road showing a Persian cat and kitten, How to Have Purr-fect Faith does an admirable job as that nail. The book's convincing story of faith in action will help readers find that kind of faith in their own lives, with or without cats.
Praying in the bathtub, her favorite prayer site, Thomas declares her dream. She would like to take her successful five-year hobby of breeding pedigreed Persians to the level of national competition. She has no experience showing cats at that level.
But Thomas is a woman of determination. Her pre-Persian life included working three jobs as a cocktail waitress, living in a converted chicken coop, and facing a daughter's serious illness. "I am a real example of how to have faith," says the author. "I am going through trials just like everyone else, yet I am able to find God in each step I take."
In the bathtub, God makes it clear that Thomas's dream and His plan are the same. Competition is brutal, and every point counts. But at one point she makes a long trek to the smallest show in the entire nation because God has impressed upon her a song about a covered wagon. This show's flyer features a covered wagon, and there she meets a competitor with urgent questions about God and faith.
How to Have Purr-fect Faith is meant to help readers find the same very real presence of faith in their lives. "Many Christians today, especially women, dream of doing great things for God, but they think their everyday activities aren't important enough for Him to be involved in them," says Thomas. "I beg to differ."
Following a God-given dream is a matchless experience, Thomas demonstrates again and again throughout the book. "It took a year to learn that He didn't just desire this dream for me. He desired to be part of it with me. I hope to show people how simple it really is to have a best friend named God."
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