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By Tarun, grade 4, Chandigarh, India

I go to Christian Science Sunday School with my older brother at a Christian Science Society and rely on prayer for my healings.

One day I was cutting an apple with a knife when my mother was not at home. By mistake, I cut my thumb. My thumb started bleeding a lot, and I cried in pain.

I covered my thumb with a handkerchief. When my grandmother saw it, she called my aunt, who is also a Christian Scientist like my mother. She was upstairs teaching music classes. She came down and wrapped my thumb with a fresh piece of cloth. As we sat side by side, she reminded me of the truth I’d learned in Sunday School, that “man is not matter; he is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements.” This is from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy on page 475. And the page goes on to say: “The Scriptures inform us that man is made in the image and likeness of God. Matter is not that likeness. The likeness of Spirit cannot be so unlike Spirit. Man is spiritual and perfect; and because he is spiritual and perfect, he must be so understood in Christian Science.”

My aunt then asked me to repeat the Lord’s Prayer with her. Both of us prayed the Lord’s Prayer out loud. I like this part of the prayer: “Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come” (Matthew 6:9, 10). From these lines I felt that God’s name is holy and blessed, and also that I live in God’s kingdom and can feel it right here.

After that, as my aunt was cleaning the floor, she said something funny and it made me laugh. Right away, the bleeding and pain stopped.

I removed the cloth, and my aunt cleaned my finger. I was able to go out to play, and there was no sign of any cut on my hand. I thank God for this healing. I thank my Sunday School teacher, and I also thank my aunt.