Four Year Old has Instantaneous Healing

A four year old has instantaneous healing
By Julie Paulk

My daughter and I were riding in the car together on our way to attend the Wednesday evening testimony meeting. When we were about a mile away I realized her window was open a bit. Since it was in the 40’s outside, I rolled her window up using my control on the drivers’ side door.
However, when the window went up I immediately heard a crack and then a scream. I turned around and saw my daughter’s fingers rolled up in the window. I immediately put the window back down so she could get her fingers out. She was screaming and crying, saying “Mommy hurt my fingers, Mommy hut my fingers.”
I told her I was so sorry and was looking for a place to pull the car over so I could comfort her. However, the thought came to me “you are prepared to handle this situation.” I knew it meant through prayer. So through her tears and crying, I said “Karen, let’s pray together.” So I began praying out loud. In Christian Science, we learn how to have effective prayers. One of my favorite passages by Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, reads:
“Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal
man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Savior saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick.”

We see that Jesus healed by seeing God’s likeness instead of seeing “sinning mortal man.” So we began our prayers this way: “God, thank you for making Karen in your image and likeness. Thank you for making her complete, whole, healthy, intact. Thank you for making her peaceful.” We went on and on. (Mind you we were only one mile away from church, so this prayer wasn’t very long.)

With each part of the prayer, Karen was increasingly calm. We ended our prayer with a little song. It only has one verse “There is no spot where God is not.” But then Karen added a second verse “and God made my fingers all better!”

With that, we arrived at church and she jumped out of the car completely joyous and healed.

This incident got me thinking… When we are in any situation and panic, or guilt, or other negative thoughts creep in, we can remember to change that at once and turn to God in gratitude for what He’s already done. All eternity ago he created each and every one of us in His image and likeness and nothing can ever change that. All we have to do is bear witness to His Truth.

Prayers that heal, are prayers that don’t beg God to do something or change something or heal something. God already made us whole and complete and healthy in the first place. The prayers that heal are ones that affirm what God has already done. We are bearing witness to Truth.
Christ Jesus said “And Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”

I witnessed this first hand in so many situations, including this instantaneous healing of my four year old daughter. It was such a joy for her to learn, once again, what happens when you turn to God in prayer and gratitude.