Testimony of Healing March 30, 2015 Issue

No ‘tares’—only ‘wheat’

John Hymes

I am most grateful for continued demonstrations of the healing power of Christian Science. I am an amateur wood bowl turner, which involves taking a rough block of wood and through various processes fashioning it into a completely turned wooden bowl. Recently I was beginning the process while using a 12" disc sander loaded with coarse 60-grit paper. A large piece of wood escaped out of my hands and was flung off the sander. The large piece of rough wood jammed my finger onto a metal base and tore a large piece of skin off my finger.

Instantly I knew and declared what Mary Baker Eddy wrote: “Accidents are unknown to God …” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 424). This began my prayer to correct my thinking and heal the human picture. I then cleansed the wound and asked my wife to help bandage it.

One of the thoughts that had always been reinforced in my practice of Christian Science was to know that right activity cannot be threatened or harmed. As a young Sunday School student, I was told by my teachers that God guides, guards, and governs all our actions. This gave me a sense of peace, since I was fearful that the pain would halt any ability to continue to use the lathe tool to complete fashioning the bowl.

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