Testimony of Healing January 17, 2011 Issue

Wrist injury healed

Ross Newkirk

One day about four years ago, I was downstairs in my shop drilling a hole through a large piece of steel. This was part of a project that I was working on to make sure the work environment was safe for my employees. I was using a power drill armed with a hardened steel drill bit, holding the handle of the piece I was working on in my left hand and the drill in my right. All of a sudden the drill bit snapped in half and drilled deep into my left wrist.

I dropped the drill and clenched my wrist to my chest. I ran upstairs where my mom was working (she and my dad were both employees of the business at that time) and lay down on the floor. My mom called my dad, who was at our house, only a few minutes away, and he said he would be there right away.

I kept pressure on the wrist to keep the bleeding under control and asked my mom if she would call a Christian Science practitioner I knew well. She dialed his number and held the phone to my ear. The practitioner’s first response was one of humor, which was exactly what I needed at that moment to break the fear. He said, “Ross, what have you done this time!?” I laughed, as he made it sound like I was always getting into trouble, even though that was not the case. He explained to me how I had not fallen out of God’s care for a moment. The truths that he shared were so calming that I was instantly brought back to the spiritual reality that I was perfect and intact. He shared some wonderful passages with me that I could think and pray with, and although I do not recall the specific citations now, I remember feeling God’s love from hearing them and holding to them. The practitioner’s demeanor was so calm, and it was clear that he was unimpressed. He said he would immediately begin praying with me.

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