Testimony of Healing March 23, 1992 Issue

After our son began to learn to talk, we noticed that he...

Gail Heard with contributions from Travis Heard

After our son began to learn to talk, we noticed that he seemed unable to say certain sounds. And he would replace the sound he couldn't pronounce with one that he could. His "tr" and "j" sounds were replaced with the "g" sound, for instance, and for "s" he used "l." At first, we (and everyone else, it seemed) found this to be rather cute and believed it was something he would outgrow. But later, we began to pray to see our son's speech abilities as God-given and therefore complete and perfect. When he was around four and a half, our son was still using the same sounds, and his preschool teacher expressed concern over his speech. We talked, and I assured her that we were addressing the situation.

Our prayers were based on what Christ Jesus taught in his many healings. One such healing that my husband and I turned to continually was Jesus' healing of the deaf man with an impediment in his speech.

The most powerful part of this account for me was where it says, "The string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain." Another Bible passage that we pondered and studied and found great comfort in is from Exodus, where Moses has been told by God that he is to lead the children of Israel out of bondage. Moses responds by saying that he is "slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." But God replies: "Who hath made man's mouth?" We became very aware of the fact that it was God who had made our son the spiritual expression of intelligence, freedom, and dominion, and therefore every aspect of his speech must be clear and in perfect working order.

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