Moving forward with a focus on prayer

Originally appeared on spirituality.com

Whenever I'm struggling with a challenging issue or condition, I try to pull my attention away from the problem and turn to prayer. This isn’t always easy, but prayer moves me forward and leads to healing.

Every time I focus on the good that God is continually giving me and all His children, it literally improves my life. God and His good feel more real, more significant, and the problem starts to feel smaller and smaller, until I sometimes can’t even recall what the issue was.

Let me tell you about an experience I had back in college. The first two years of study had been tough, but after the first three weeks of junior year, it was obvious that the rumors of it being a particularly tough year were true.

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