Turning Point
After a rough time in her life, this author thought she’d find so much more happiness if she stopped practicing Christian Science and joined “the real world.” But did she?
I turned to prayer and let go of how I wanted things to turn out, instead trusting God with every aspect of my life.
What I’d felt through our prayers had become so much more real to me than the problem ever had been.
First I started to panic. Then I started to pray. It came in the form of pleading: “God, if You’re real, get me out of here!”
As a kid, she’d loved Christian Science. But as high school graduation neared, none of what she’d learned in Sunday School made sense anymore. Or so she thought.
She’d always been sure that what she’d learned in Christian Science Sunday School was true. But when it came to putting it into practice in “the real world,” she felt stuck. Then, as she read Science and Health, she had a turning point.
I was able to make my way back to the parking lot, feeling as though I had just witnessed a miracle. But I knew from Sunday School that it hadn’t been a miracle; it had been proof of God’s saving presence and power.
She was deeply in love with her boyfriend, and even after some bumps, she thought they were on solid ground. But as she trusted the relationship to God and prayed for direction, she heard some unexpected guidance that had life-changing effects.
She thought getting high was the answer to her shyness. Then she thought it was a way to deepen her spirituality. But when the Bible and the Christian Science textbook came into her life, she finally found real answers to those issues—and everything else.
She thought she had it all: Money. Clothes. Success. But when a friend asked about the meaning of life, this author was brought up short. What was life really all about? A return to Christian Science unlocked the answers and proved to be a turning point on her own path.
She hadn’t thought about God or spirituality since she was a teenager. But in a remote wilderness, with no other help, this author discovered that God, divine Love, was just as present as she’d known Him to be during her childhood.
She thought a life of partying would be so much more satisfying than being a “naïve” Christian Scientist. Several years later, lost and depressed, she began asking the question: Could God be there after all? And could He help her out of this mess?