Testimony of Healing September 16, 2013 ISSUE

God-blessed career search

Tamie Kanata

I am deeply grateful for the precision of God, divine Mind, which we can count on. This was richly evident several years ago when I navigated my career after studying in graduate programs for several years in the United States. 

Owing to a residency requirement, I went back to Japan, where I was blessed with many wonderful experiences but remained uncertain about the specific direction my career should take. The idea of returning to the US kept on coming, but I didn’t know how to go about it.  

During that time, I prayed daily, seeking God’s will for my direction and purpose. We are all unique, individual ideas of God, “called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28 ), so I prayed for the requisite courage, clarity, focus, confidence, and fresh insight.

Toward the end of my two-year home residency, I had a plan to visit friends in California. As I was making travel arrangements, a strong sense came to me repeatedly: “After your visit to California, don’t fly back from the States immediately. Keep one week open.” I had no idea what that angel message meant, but I decided to be obedient.

Fast-forward a couple of months. I was still at home in Japan spending the New Year holidays with my family when I felt a spiritual nudge to go to my office on the university campus where I was teaching. On my desk were printouts of university faculty jobs open in the US. On top of the pile was a job-post to teach in Florida, which sounded ideal, but the deadline for applications was only one week away. 

Again, I prayed for direction. What came to me was firm encouragement directly from God: “Move your little feet with Me. I will work right by you.” This deeply touched me, because it reminded me of the hymn I had prayed with every day, sometimes in humble tears, when finishing up my doctoral dissertation:

Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee. 

. . . . . .

Take my every thought, to use
In the way that Thou shalt choose.
   (Frances R. Havergal, adapted, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 324, © CSBD)

Clearly, this was a “Go” sign. I completed the application within two days, and two weeks later heard back from the university with a specific date for a job interview as one of three finalists. And guess what? The day of the interview was exactly during that one-week period I had felt spiritually impelled to keep open. I was in awe.

From then on, everything moved at God-speed. The job interview, research presentation, and meetings with students and faculty members went smoothly. I had never been to Florida, but I felt a warm friendliness from everyone I met. It was like being part of a whole new family.

One week later, I got an e-mail informing me of a unanimous departmental decision to hire me and relocate me from Japan. The next four years of university teaching and research were a joy, and convincingly proved to me that divine Mind is always at work wherever we are in the world.

Tamie Kanata
Waltham, Massachusetts, US

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