Spiritual Journeys February 23, 2026 Issue

My winter doldrums were chased away

Gloom vanished, despite the many months still to elapse before the lilacs bloomed again.

Suzanne Kinser

Ever feel you lack the faith to pray? Try beginning your prayer with intuition. That’s the way I once found my way out of a situation in which I felt I lacked the faith needed in order to pray. For me, this was unusual; as a life-long Christian Scientist, I was accustomed to praying about all sorts of difficulties, with healing results. This seeming lack of faith was so worrisome that I felt almost desperate.

And when I say I lacked the faith I needed to pray, I don’t mean I lacked the ability to launch into a long, arcane prayer. But I’ve found that this verse from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal seems to indicate instead the need for simplicity and spontaneity in prayer:

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