One evening, I badly injured one of my fingers, and the bleeding was profuse. I bandaged the finger, but the incident left me a bit shaken. I phoned a friend for prayer and support, and the following morning, I contacted a Christian Science practitioner, who agreed to give me Christian Science treatment. I was so grateful for the help given. I don’t recall feeling any pain throughout this experience.

In prayer, I pondered references to the phrase “knit together” in the Bible. I also asked a Christian Science nurse (someone who is trained to give nonmedical, practical care while supporting the individual’s choice to rely on prayer for healing) how to properly bandage the wound. The finger began to heal. Then one day my cousin caught sight of the wound and remarked that I should have gotten stitches.

That made me want to see this completely healed through prayer in Christian Science, so I prayed about what I needed to understand about this situation. A passage from the Christian Science textbook leapt out at me: “The divine Science of man is woven into one web of consistency without seam or rent” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 242).