Article June 13, 1994 Issue

Bride and bridegroom—more than roles

Lizabeth H. Furst

I Was wrapping up my first afternoon on a new job when I heard what I thought was uncontrolled laughter. It turned out to be hysterical crying. "I just can't take this constant criticism any longer," the secretary sobbed. "Nothing I do pleases him. He's undermining my health." She left and never returned. The next replacement quit too. And the next.

My work was for another partner in this firm, not for this senior partner. But it did appear that his grouchiness was affecting the work. Making some inquiries about what certainly seemed a hatred of women, I learned that his wife had run off with his best friend; his daughter had committed suicide. Now, he was alone, and what had become a sour attitude toward women seemed to spill over into office relations.

I found myself praying about the whole question of relationships. Christian Science teaches that prayer, springing from the heart's deepest desire to know and to do God's will, is answered. "Prayer can neither change God, nor bring His designs into mortal modes; but it can and does change our modes and our false sense of Life, Love, and Truth, uplifting us to Him. Such prayer humiliates, purifies, and quickens activity, in the direction that is unerring," writes Mrs. Eddy in No and Yes (p. 39).

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