Web Originals

Healed of anorexia

I realized that I had been hoping my body would tell me who I am or confirm something about my identity. But this hope was empty from the outset because we are made in God’s image.

A watch for peace

Our dear Master, Jesus,
Taught through his life divine
That God …

Daily grind or holy day?

As my thought shifted toward God’s viewpoint, so did my experience—health, harmony, and happiness were restored.

Remembering the salt

When I prayed asking what I needed to know in relation to the memory lapses, God’s answer was, “Just listen.”

God’s song

against the steady
drumbeat refrain
of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

there sings a …
For this high school student, math tests were the worst. Could one simple prayer really turn things around?
It became clear to me that the type of sexist treatment we had experienced and the belief that it had to be tolerated as “just the way it is” had to be challenged for everyone’s benefit, not just my own.

Trusting God saved my life

I was so relieved, and yet I also understood how this outcome was possible—it was because I trusted God, instead of getting swept away by fear. 

Abscission

Like trees that grow
   then let leaves fall,
as we obey
   our Father’s call,
we too can drop
   what doesn’t serve …

Learning that I want to forgive

After feeling betrayed by a friend, this author struggled to move past anger and resentment. Was forgiveness worth it—or even possible?

Finding my path

The stress of figuring out his plans for the future was getting to be too much for this high schooler … until he turned to the Bible and Science and Health for answers.
When a ferocious storm hit during a camping trip, this author found comfort and safety by praying with a Bible passage that promised “perfect peace.”