Often I’ve struggled when my prayer didn’t bring quick healing. Sometimes I felt frustrated and discouraged, even irritated. I didn’t doubt Christian Science, but I wanted to find spiritual solutions to my problems more definitively through Christian Science—I wanted to know how my prayers could be more effective.
A healing on my first job brought some answers. Money was tight, so when my boss promoted me and promised a raise, I was delighted! I opened each paycheck anticipating additional income, but weeks passed with nothing more. My initial eagerness turned into nervous impatience and criticism—interspersed with lots of prayer.
I asked my boss’s assistant about the delay. She answered, “He says he hasn’t had time to submit your paperwork,” and then she whispered that he’d already finalized his own promotion and salary adjustment.
