Quit, or stick with it? That was the decision this high school student found herself facing when she was elected to a leadership position for an organization she didn’t like all that much. As she prayed about it, though, she realized this was about so much more than staying or going; this was about learning a new way to love.
There was a lot of the comfort of divine Love being expressed, and it warmed me. I knew that this was God’s ever-presence surrounding me with the warmth of Love.
She felt everyone was better than she was—and that they knew it. But rather than staying stuck in those feelings, she went looking for help—and she found it in Christian Science.
When a Paris romance soured, this writer felt devastated, unloved, and lonely. Could praying help at all? She got a life-changing answer when she finally turned to God.
Lily didn’t want to take time to find her favorite passages, so she just opened up the Bible and started reading aloud. She felt sure that God would have a good message to comfort Maggie.
I kept affirming what I knew to be true about God and me and pushing back on any doubts or discord, which I knew in my heart were not true. Focusing as much as I could on the reality of Spirit, of health and harmony, and trying not to give the physical symptoms my attention, I stood my ground.
Real strength and growth don’t come from avoiding windy challenges but from facing them. How do we do this? We are strengthened to the degree that we prayerfully behold ourselves and others expressing God’s perfection—and nothing less.