Will I have to study all night?
The summer before my junior year of high school was filled with horror stories. Friends who were now seniors kept telling me how difficult my classes were going to be and how they’d had to pull all-nighters to finish all the homework teachers had assigned. That did not sound like the kind of year I wanted to have.
To be honest, I did spend some of my summer worrying. But I also spent time praying—asking God to help me with whatever challenges I might face in the year ahead. I wanted to do well in school, but I also didn’t want to have to stay up all night studying!
When I raised the issue with my Christian Science Sunday School teacher, she suggested that I look at the upcoming year from a different perspective. Instead of praying to get all As, I could see my schoolwork as a way to glorify God.
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