Testimony of Healing July 9, 2012 Issue

A childhood healing

Todd Wittenberg with contributions from Suzann Wittenberg

One of my earliest childhood memories involves a truly remarkable healing I had through prayer. As a young boy, I was excited one day to receive a gift from my parents. It was a toy tool kit that included a child-sized hammer, a screwdriver, and a small saw. The only problem with this tool kit was that it would not meet today’s safety standards by a long shot.

My mother and I found out the hard way that this gift had safety issues after I tried using the saw. Besides effectively cutting a desired object, it also effectively cut my finger. 

I do not recall crying or feeling fear. I do remember showing the cut to my mother, who calmly wrapped it with a towel. She then sat me in her lap, and we said aloud what I think of as a prayer from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, called “the scientific statement of being”:

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