TeenConnect: Turning Point October 16, 2023 Issue

Finding God again

Tessa Parmenter

Originally appeared online in the teen series Turning Point - August 22, 2023

I was hiking a small mountain near my parents’ house, where I was living at the time. It was my first year out of college, and life at that point felt like an uphill climb. That day I was upset about a rocky exchange with a coworker that had left me questioning my life and whether God even existed.

I’d grown up learning about Christian Science, which teaches that God is good and created everything good. But I couldn’t see how life could be good if bad things were happening. I was upset and losing faith.

As I went down the mountain, I felt bold enough to try a new trail—not unlike the new trail I wanted to blaze for my life and career. While there wasn’t a visible path, there were many blue markers on the trees, and I thought following them would get me where I needed to go.

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