Testimony of Healing July 25, 1983 Issue

Unemployment seems a fact for many in today's world

GREGORY S. VOJAE

Unemployment seems a fact for many in today's world. But through prayer it can be seen as an opportunity for spiritual growth. Let me tell you of an experience I had.

I was suddenly discharged from a well-paying job as a salesman. Reporting to my office on a Saturday morning, I was told my services were terminated, then and there. I had no prospects of obtaining another job. At that time I was a very new student of Christian Science, so this was a real challenge. I had memorized the spiritual interpretation of the twenty-third Psalm from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. It begins (p. 578), "[Divine love] is my shepherd; I shall not want." In applying this truth to my present situation, I stated it thus: "Divine Love is my employer; I shall not fear nor want." I knew that a shepherd is one who leads, guides, and protects. My Shepherd was divine Love, God, and I could rely implicitly on Him to meet my every need. This allayed all fear.

I gathered up my belongings and left the office, feeling deeply grateful that I was learning more about how to practice Christian Science and that I was willing to trust God. Time and again I reminded myself, "Divine Love is my employer; I shall not want." Then I visited a Christian Science practitioner. Heretofore I had frequently visited this practitioner to inquire about Christian Science. Now I asked him to pray for me. His reply was, in essence, I cannot pray for you to get a specific job, but I can pray to know that you are a son of God—not material but spiritual—and therefore always in your right place, always expressing Him, always employed. He explained further that my willingness to trust God could only result in good. Then he quoted a verse from the Bible (II Kings 25:30): "His allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life." He said, "God is your King, your employer."

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