Our daughter has been very shy since she was little, and has had difficulty making friends. My wife and I tried to help her by providing advice on how to make friends. 

Our daughter is now in her first year of college. As we were driving back home after dropping her off at school, she called. My wife put the phone on speaker. Our daughter sounded sad and said she was afraid she wouldn’t make any friends at college. I was heartbroken for her and started praying while my wife talked with her. 

Although I had studied and practiced Christian Science for many years, and had had my own healings, I had never helped another person by praying. But now, instead of joining in the conversation, I stayed quiet and made an effort to be calm and keep praying. Then thoughts started to come to me, and I knew it was God who was communicating with me. In silent prayer I asked, “How can I help our daughter?”