When the big test was looming
I felt like a fish out of water. It was freshman year of high school, and I was taking a class my father had strongly recommended: Latin. Latin is what’s known as a “dead language” because it’s not spoken—only read and chanted in some churches. And while I’d tried hard to learn the grammar and vocabulary, it was clearly not my thing. As the first big test approached, I felt frozen with fear that I wouldn’t do well—or even pass.
The day before the test, I came home from school and prayed about what I could do to be more prepared. I’d learned in Christian Science Sunday School that whenever I needed help or guidance, I could always pray, and hear good, intelligent ideas from God that would move me in the right direction. But what came to me as I prayed seemed illogical: Read the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson, which is found in the Christian Science Quarterly. I didn’t know how that would help me do well on my Latin test. But I obeyed.
What came to me as I prayed seemed illogical.
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