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Be Not Afraid HealingMeanwhile, Simon’s parents and a handful of friendscontinued to pray around the baby at the hospital.At midnight, Simon suddenly turned a corner; byfive a.m. the oxygen was turned down. His doctor, whohad not left the baby all night, looked up, perplexed,and said, “My God, you people must know how to pray.I can’t come up with any other explanation for whyhe’s still here.” Another doctor was more blunt. “Yourchild should have died,” she said, shaking her head indisbelief.Over the next days, despite a specialist’s predictionof further obstacles, Simon improved so steadily thathe was soon discharged. Today he is a healthy fiveyear-old,with no neurologic damage of any kind.Simon’s story, like Edith’s, is a memorable testimonyto the power of prayer. But despite their drama, neitherstory is unique. In fact, instances of recovery promptedby such intercession are so common today that healingand prayer are often spoken of in the same breath.They are also spoken of so casually, and so oftensensationalized, that many people regard them with ajustifiable mixture of skepticism and embarrassment.Still, the biblical connection between prayer andhealing, as spoken of in passages like the followingone from the Gospel of Matthew, cannot be dismissed:“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you willfind; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For10