When life isn’t easy
I used to think that if I prayed really hard, and really well, and if I did all the right things like going to Sunday School and reading the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson, then life would be easy. Other people would face challenges and have emotional lows and highs, but not me.
Then, in college, when I did have some struggles, I felt confused and even a little resentful. I was doing everything “right,” so why were things going so wrong? I assumed it must be my fault, and if I were just better at praying, these things wouldn’t be happening. I swung between peaks of feeling happy about my life when things did seem to be going well, to deep valleys when it seemed like nothing was turning out the way it was supposed to.
I was doing everything “right,” so why were things going so wrong?
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
