Testimony of Healing May 1, 1976 Issue

Finding my place in the business world through the application...

Dorothy Ann Huff

Finding my place in the business world through the application of Christian Science has proved to be a continuing blessing. During this experience several lessons had to be learned.

The first lesson was to replace human will with God's will. After completing my education, which included training as a bilingual secretary, I thought I knew just what I wanted to do. I worked at one job for a few months and with another company for about a year with the purpose of using this training; but neither of these positions proved to be satisfying or remunerative. In desperation I finally turned wholeheartedly to God as I had been thought in the Christian Science Sunday School. I read in (Rom. 12:2), "Be not conformed to world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." I began to feel more at peace as I listened to what God was telling me.

The next lesson was replacing pride with humility. One morning at breakfast with my family I was reading aloud the newspaper ads. I called attention to a position I was qualified for; but then in a haughty manner I proceeded to speak derogatorily about the retail firm that had the opening, although I knew nothing about the company. This brought a rebuke from a member of the family. During the day this in my thought. I did some studying in a nearby Christian Science Reading Room and found many thought-provoking passages. In Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, I read (p. 8), "Praying for humility with whatever fervency of expression does not always mean a desire for it." I examined my thoughts which leaned toward a more glamorous and exciting career, but then I saw I had to put down the human will and stop outlining what field I should enter. I began to listen to discern the will of God. I found myself completely reversing my direction. I sought employment with the very firm I had been belittling that morning. Until that moment I had not even considered the retail business as a place for me.

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