When unemployment becomes a national problem, and distressing headlines count the unemployed in the millions, the individual who isn't bringing home a paycheck may succumb to a negative conclusion: "How can I expect to find a job, when there are millions of men and women out of work?
There may be many who feel the desire to follow the Christianly scientific example of Christ Jesus, contributing meaningfully to the salvation of mankind from evil.
It seemed like an abrupt command, and it used to puzzle me to the point of frustration; as if we could just bring on a healing with a snap of the fingers! The human predicament is that we can't.