Overcoming academic challenges
Originally appeared online in the teen series Trending - October 24, 2023
I was brought up attending Christian Science Sunday School and had learned that prayer had helped so many people overcome all kinds of challenges. So why not me, too? I knew that my parents were praying about my struggles in school, and I also decided to pray about them.
One thing I’d learned in Sunday School is that I am God’s reflection. I’d also learned that Mind is a name for God, and that means intelligence is divine, not human. So, since I reflect all that God is, my intelligence doesn’t come from a brain but from God and is infinite, immediate, and unobstructed. With this spiritual fact in mind, it made sense that ideas must come naturally and at the right speed to God’s creation—me.
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