A quick healing during a hockey game
Originally appeared online in the teen series Your Healings - January 7, 2025.
The score was tied, and my hockey team was doing well.
The other team got a penalty, so my coach told me to jump in for our power play (which means we had a "man advantage"—one more player on the ice than our opponents) on our defensive end of the rink. I took the face-off and won the puck.
I skated to the wall in time to receive a direct pass from a teammate. Then I quickly turned and headed up the ice toward the goal. My opponents disappeared behind me as I skated past them, and then there was just one more defenseman that I had to get by in order to score. As I was going around him, a different defenseman came out of nowhere and hit my knee, causing me to fall. I tried to get up, but couldn’t put any weight on my right leg.
I quickly turned and headed up the ice toward the goal.
One of my teammates assisted me to the bench, and my coach asked if I was OK. I told him I was fine. But a few minutes later, when it was my turn to get on the ice again, I had to tell the coach that I needed to sit out. While I was now able to walk on the hurt leg, I didn’t know if I could skate hard enough to help my team.
I know that turning to God in prayer is effective and brings healing. I closed my eyes and thought about the Lord’s Prayer, which is in the book of Matthew in the Bible.
As I was halfway through the prayer, a teammate asked me if I was praying; he knows I’m a Christian Scientist. I said yes, so he said “OK!” and went back to where our defense stood. I prayed the rest of the prayer and affirmed that since God can’t be hurt, I can’t be either. I’ve learned from practicing Christian Science that I am a child of God and express only Him. That means that since God is good, I express only good, which doesn’t allow for injury of any kind.
I’ve learned that I am a child of God and express only Him. So that means that since God is good, I express only good, which doesn’t allow for injury of any kind.
I opened my eyes and told my coach I was ready to go back on the ice. I scored a goal and got an assist without any pain.
I am very grateful for God, and for what I’ve been learning in Christian Science because it’s helped me have wonderful healings. I am still learning more about God every day, and healings like this allow me to see and trust God’s goodness and power, which keep everyone safe.
