Article April 9, 1979 Issue

Coordinating home and career

MARY MONA SEED FISHER

More women are part of the job market today than ever before. And many men are enlarging their activity in domestic affairs. Along with these expanded opportunities comes the challenge: What does it take to combine home and career harmoniously? Can one do justice to both at the same time?

The answer depends largely on how one views himself and his world. Who or what does he believe determines his ability, his success? A limited human viewpoint is an inadequate basis for judgment. Christian Science enables us to look at these questions with spiritual insight built on a basic premise—the unchanging unity of God and man. This oneness is not an abstract ideal; it's tangible, provable fact—an underlying reality that, when understood and specifically applied, brings fulfillment to our day-to-day living.

Christ Jesus was uncompromisingly clear about his relationship to God. He understood himself to be the expression of God's being and not an independent worker. Neither time, pressure, nor false responsibility hampered his work, and his career was successful beyond comparison. He explained this success with these words: "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."^{John 14:10;}

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