At the time of this healing, my wife and I were raising three children and had experienced many instances of healing through prayer for ourselves and our children.
One Sunday morning at the end of our church service, I went down to the Sunday School, which was located in the basement of the church, to pick up our children. There was a lot of excitement around a window well, which a mouse had fallen into. While the children were watching the mouse, a dear church member slid up the window sash and the metal-framed storm window in an effort to free the mouse. Our two-year-old daughter had her hand on the window sill when the storm window unexpectedly dropped down, and her finger was almost severed. My wife was working and was not with us at the time this happened.
I grabbed a towel, wrapped our daughter’s finger, got everyone in the car, and starting driving. I felt a huge burden of responsibility as I drove, wanting to know what was the best thing to do for my child. She was crying loudly and it was hard to think.
When we got home, I asked my two older boys to comfort her while I went into a quiet room to call a Christian Science practitioner. When the practitioner answered, I was unable to speak because of the fear that gripped me. The practitioner sensed something was wrong, and quoting from the Christian Science textbook she declared, “Fear never stopped being and its action” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 151).
Immediately, my voice returned and I explained what had happened. She said she would pray right away. I hung up and went back to check on our daughter and was surprised to find that she had stopped crying.
When my wife came home shortly after, I was still dealing with a lot of fear for our daughter’s well-being, and of course wanting to do what was best for her. We had experienced many healings in our family before, so my wife and I decided to rely on Christian Science treatment for this situation.
Next, we called a Christian Science nurse to have the finger properly bandaged. She arrived in short order and lovingly cleaned and bandaged our daughter’s finger. She asked if we had a practitioner praying for our daughter, and I assured her that we did.
Hymn 66 from the Christian Science Hymnal was a lifeline for me. The second verse reads,
O perfect Life, in Thy completeness
held,
None can beyond Thy omnipresence
stray;
Safe in Thy Love, we live and sing
alway
Alleluia! Alleluia!
(Violet Hay, © CSBD)
I held on to the ideas in that hymn as if my life depended on it. I prayed to know that as God’s idea our daughter was complete, whole, and safe. I knew that God’s image could never be separated or severed from God.
My wife and I stayed in close contact with the practitioner, who continued to pray. After a couple of days the Christian Science nurse came to change the bandage, and it was apparent that healing was taking place rapidly. The following Saturday we discovered our daughter riding her rocking horse with all her fingers gripped around the handles! Her healing was complete.
It’s been 31 years since this healing, and whenever I recall it, it still brings tears to my eyes. I’m so grateful to God. I’m grateful for the Christian Science practitioner and nurse, and for Mary Baker Eddy’s discovery of Christ’s healing Science that she gave to the world in this age.
Wayne Wilkinson
Newport, Washington, US
I am happy to verify my father’s testimony. I’m grateful to have had such a beautiful healing. I don’t remember it myself, as I was so young, but I’ve experienced many wonderful healings with my dad’s help—of physical ailments, financial struggles, and problems with many of my animals. As long as I can remember, I have had full use of and feeling in my finger. This is such a wonderful example of healing through prayer and a demonstration of God’s love, which I am grateful for every day.
Bryn Wilkinson
Austin, Texas, US
