I caught up with an old friend the other day. A couple of hours into our conversation she told me about two amalgam fillings in her teeth "turning gold."
Some years ago, she had gone to a prayer meeting with a friend seeking the conversion and mental healing of a wayward son. The speaker said that someone's dental fillings had turned to gold and would the audience look into their neighbour's mouth to find out who it was.
Well, it turned out to be my friend. She hadn't felt a thing and was not interested in gold fillings. She was more concerned about the spiritual well-being of her son.
What I found interesting was the reaction of her dentist and her pastor. Both registered anger!
When she went to her dentist, he examined her teeth and read her records. He grew very angry and said nothing further to her. I suspect that he thought that she had gone off, behind his back, to another dentist to have her fillings changed
Her pastor's reaction was even stranger. He just got visibly angry and refused to speak to her about it. I have known the guy for 50 years myself and can picture his reaction to people who believe in miracles.
One of my friend's teeth looks similar to the golden one in this photo. Whether there is a natural explanation or not, I don't know. If God is directly involved, it seems strange to me that he might have brought the grace of conversion to her son, rather than doing a cosmetic job on her teeth; but who knows the ways of God?
However, the angry response of two professionals indicates that some people just don't want God getting involved.
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