A College Student Writes

God's Work and Mine at Exam Time

A short while ago I was faced with the prospect of taking the preliminary doctoral exams before the date I had mentally scheduled.

My past experience had shown that a person who trusts God as the only intelligence and his own God-given power of expressing this intelligence can pass the most difficult human tests. Mrs. Eddy states: "Mind is not necessarily dependent upon educational processes. It possesses of itself all beauty and poetry, and the power of expressing them."  Science and Health, p. 89; As God's child, man participates fully in this effortless expression of intelligence. The Bible shows many individuals demonstrating their God-given wisdom. But no Biblical character ever won his wisdom gratuitously; it was always gamed through a deep desire to wait on God with diligence, persistence, and patience.

In preparing for this examination, I realized that it would be foolish to sit back and expect God to take the human footsteps for me. The hymn states,

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