Prayer during a biathlon

A few friends and I took part in a biathlon ski competition. During each lap of a biathlon ski race, you have to shoot five targets with a rifle. Each time you miss a target, you have to do a penalty lap of one hundred fifty meters. The course was a total of five kilometers.

I’m a Christian Scientist, and Christian Science has always played a big part in everything I do. I’ve learned that I can always rely on God’s guidance and that I can hear His voice by getting still in my thoughts and listening for inspiration. This has helped me in school and in sports, so I found myself doing the same thing during the biathlon.

When I lay down on the snow to shoot, I listened for inspiration from God to know how to aim. However, I was getting frustrated: This was my first time, so my aim wasn’t great, and I missed most of the targets. 

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