Have you ever felt burdened with work, whether it is homework, your job, or household chores that have to get done all in one day?
As a college student in a rigorous education program, I often feel that I have too much to accomplish in so little time. This distress was particularly aggressive one day last year when I was taking challenging education courses and the work just continued to pile on my desk. Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, my professor called and asked to meet with me about a rough draft of a paper I had written. Immediately, I was overcome with fear. I agreed to meet with the professor that day and during our meeting, I was told the rough draft of my paper was well-written, but did not meet the specific criteria he was looking for; I would have to rewrite the paper in its entirety. When I got back to my dorm room, I felt like shredding that 40-page paper. I was so frustrated and upset that there was another thing to add on my “to-do” list that day. A few minutes later, I heard a knock on my door from a friend who said he had severely injured his back during rugby practice. He asked if I could pray for him. I agreed. Having recently completed class instruction, I was eager to give a Christian Science treatment. It was time to “stand porter at the door of thought” (Science and Health, p. 392)!
As I quietly listened, Hymn No. 350 kept coming to my thought, and I flipped open the hymnal. The third verse really caught my eye:
