OUT OF WORK?

ELIZABETH MATA

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

BECAUSE OF climbing prices and the present state of the economy, being out of work may mean facing difficult times. As well as needing to pay the bills, most people want to feel useful—to know that they're contributing in life and growing in their talents.

While applying for jobs and talking to friends can be useful, there's another approach to finding employment that can actually be more meaningful and have more of a long-term impact. It involves asking God to reveal a deeper concept of what constitutes your real work. One place to start is by praying to know more about your identity as God's child, endowed with a present purpose and usefulness that come from Him.

Turning to God understand the qualities He has given and is giving each of us opens our thought to our capacities for good. We begin to perceive that right now we have those abilities, and we can use them to glorify and exalt God as the only power, presence, and action.

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