Testimony of Healing November 30, 1992 Issue

We read in the Bible the assuring words "Before they call, I...

Antoinette Wiggins

We read in the Bible the assuring words "Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear" (Isaiah). This verse has a new meaning for me because of an experience I had while teaching third-grade children in an inner-city school.

One day when two children were fighting in my classroom, one appeared to have been stuck in the eye with a sharp pencil. The child ran to me, crying uncontrollably, and the rest of the children were in an uproar.

This whole scene was so disturbing to me that I just closed my eyes and silently began to acknowledge the omnipotence and omnipresence of God while holding the child close. Suddenly I heard another child say, "Be quiet everybody. Miss Wiggins is praying." I was awed that the child recognized this. I felt a great sense of humility.

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