Christian experience, but that he never allows that to happen for too long. His goal is to get us to stand on our own two legs, “to carry out from the will alone duties which have lost all relish.” Screwtape observes that during such “tough periods, much more than during the peak periods,” we are growing into the creature God wants us to be.4 I cannot stress this too strongly: Just do it. You remember by remembering. You learn to pray like you learned to swim—not by talking about it but by getting