My strong foundation
I had the opportunity to go to Greece with my high school Bible class. For ten days we traveled around the country to follow one of the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul from the Bible and to learn more about what he wrote in the New Testament. Our teacher said that following Paul’s travels and learning where his writings came from would give us a deeper understanding of the Bible.
At the beginning of the trip, I was feeling under the weather. I had trouble breathing and felt tired and weak. I was worried that the discomfort would ruin my trip. I’m a Christian Scientist and have seen healings through prayer in my family, so I wanted to pray about it. But I was feeling frustrated that I wasn’t able to have an immediate healing, despite all that I was learning about God.
While we were in Athens, my teacher, who is also a Christian Scientist, gave a talk about the kind of mental foundation we are building on. This talk was based on one of Jesus’ parables in the Bible (see Matthew 7:24–27). In one part of the parable, a foolish man builds his house on sand. When a storm comes, the house falls because the foundation isn’t strong enough. But when a wiser man builds his house on a rock, the house stands firm through the storm. My teacher’s point was that just as it is important to choose a solid foundation when building a house, our faith needs to be built on the strong foundation of Jesus’ teachings.
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