It is a privilege and responsibility of all mature Christians, and even of children, to do their best to act as Christ Jesus did—to do what he showed us to do by precept and example, which includes healing. As Mary Baker Eddy writes, “It is possible,—yea, it is the duty and privilege of every child, man, and woman,—to follow in some degree the example of the Master by the demonstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 37).
When my daughter was a little child, she healed me one time without hesitation. I was driving, and something got caught in my eye. Despite my best efforts to remove the speck, it stayed stuck. That made for painful and hazardous driving. From the back seat my daughter said, “Mom, there’s no spot where God is not,” a simple truth she had learned in Christian Science Sunday School. Her childlike trust in God and reflection of His love immediately cleared my vision. She was obeying Jesus’ instruction to heal.
Her example puts me to shame. She did not try to pry under my eyelid and look for the foreign object. She healed as Jesus did by knowing that divine Love fills all space, so manipulating matter was not called for or needed. A child can heal others.
