When one of my sons was about two, he developed a painful ear infection. My wife took the lead in caring for him. She prayed to reflect more of the love coming from God, who is both the Father and Mother of us all. She knew from experience that when she deeply felt the realness of God's love, she would witness the power of God—of divine Love itself—surpassing a merely human capacity to love. God's power would do the healing. So she persisted. Then—and this she finds difficult to put into words—she suddenly felt a strong sensation that seemed literally to push out her fears and concerns and whisper to her, "He's healed." She was awestruck. She found that our son was well. The healing was complete in that instant and has remained permanent.
Our capacity to nurture children—including healing them through prayer—wouldn't be sufficient if it came from us personally. But it doesn't. Christ Jesus' words tell us that human capacity, in and of itself, is never enough. Yet seeing what the Father does and yielding to His government open a grander capacity. Jesus said: "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth." John 5:19, 20.
The healing of our son was complete in that instant.
