Head injury quickly healed

Phil Davis

Two years ago I returned home from an overseas business trip—an extensive journey of visiting 11 cities in two countries, and speaking to over 20 groups during a three-week period. The trip had been a success and had given me a great feeling of accomplishment, but I was very glad to come home.

The morning after my arrival I remember thinking, Now I can have a relaxing weekend. I drove to the post office and returned with a large box of mail to carry in. It was early spring in New England, so we still had snow drifts on parts of the driveway. To avoid them I walked along the side of the house and, forgetting about an overhanging window, walked right into the corner of it, hitting the top of my head. The force of the impact sent me falling back into the snow, scattering the mail over the driveway.

I'd been walking at a good pace when I hit the metal overhang. Instinctively, I put my hand on the area. It was alarming at first. I felt a gap in the flesh, and blood was coming down the side of my head, although not a lot.

Although stunned for a moment, I got up and collected the mail. I have to admit my first thought was an all too ironic: "After all I've been through, I need this like I need a hole in the head!"

From childhood experience and from observing what others have done in similar situations, such an injury might have called for a visit to an emergency room or a clinic for help. It could have easily required stitches. But my response was to turn to the kind of healthcare I've learned to trust in any emergency: prayer.

I have heard others talk about being "all prayed up," but at that point I knew I had some praying to do. I needed to understand more clearly that I could never be in a condition or position where I lacked God's help, or where I was unprotected by Him. All that mattered at that moment was my intact relationship with my heavenly Father. I became very quiet and prayed to feel that my God was at hand, always with me.

The bleeding stopped very quickly. Within a short time the pain left. Although there was a good deal of dried blood in my hair, I had no discomfort washing my hair the next day. I was very happy to find that before three days were up, there was no evidence of an injury—no scab or swelling. A complete healing had taken place within that time.

While constant spiritual thinking is a good thing—and the Bible urges Christians to "pray without ceasing" (I Thess. 5:17)—this healing was a great reminder to me that we can always turn to God, to divine Love, for help, no matter how "unprayed-up" we may feel at the moment.

Phil Davis
Merrimack, New Hampshire

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