Sometimes people, when learning that I'm a Christian Scientist and rely on God for healing, will ask, "But could you trust God's help in an emergency?"
My answer to that is always a wholehearted "yes," because I've experienced God's restorative power so many times in my life.
One healing stands out above the others. When I was in grade school, I was playing one afternoon in my girlfriend's yard behind our house on a swing set. It was time for supper, and when I slid down a pole, I landed on a razor-sharp, unsealed tin can. I didn't realize the severity of the accident until I looked down. My friend's father lifted me over the fence to my father who, fortunately, was home from work. He carried me into the house and asked me whether I wanted to be taken to the doctor, or have my mother call a Christian Science practitioner to help me through prayer. He wasn't a student of Christian Science, but being a just, kind man, he let me decide.
