Some years ago it became necessary for me to support my three sons and myself. Since I had not worked for a long time, I accepted a straight typing job. It has been demonstrated to me many times that our true employment is that of expressing God; and we do so by showing forth to our highest ability God-derived qualities, such as honesty, diligence, cheerfulness, and gratitude.
This typing job did not require my full capacity of thought, and therefore I declared the truths of being as I had learned them in Science while performing many mundane tasks. I visited a nearby Christian Science Reading Room during my lunch hour and studied to understand the true meaning of activity. Within three weeks I was promoted to the highest position that a woman could hold in that office, and I was given almost double my original salary. This, to me, was wonderful proof of God's care for His children. However, despite this increase, the need was still present for additional income to provide care for the children and to maintain the home.
I registered with several employment agencies in order to find part-time evening and weekend work. Each time an agency called and offered me a part-time job, it turned out to be in either a hospital or a bar; so I would turn it down. I was told that any other kind of part-time job was seldom registered. I said, "I only need one." The next day I was called, and I was offered employment, which I accepted with very happy results, in the office of a furniture store.
