No matter what, God is always there for you

Cathryn Obey Anderson

Has there ever been a time in your life when you felt empty—that something was missing? One such time for me began in high school. I didn't even realize at first what it was. All I knew was that I was reaching for strength and direction from a higher power than myself. Later I learned that what I was searching for was a better knowledge of God and of my relation to Him. I've come to see that it is the only thing that can bring me genuine, lasting fulfillment.

As a teenager, the church I was attending wasn't answering my hunger for something more. I was dissatisfied with my progress in learning about God, and I remember praying to God to show me "the way," to lead me to know Him better.

After I graduated from high school, I was chosen as an apprentice at a summer stock theater and met many people with lifestyles quite different from my own. There were both small and large choices and decisions to be made in connection with this experience. I did the best I could, and desired to do the right thing. God was answering my longing for guidance and fulfillment even then, as I now look back, although I didn't know it at the time.

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