We've all heard the expression "Put your money where your mouth is." Well, a few years ago I had to decide whether or not I would. Would I follow the teachings of Christian Science, which I professed to believe, and rely on God's direction and guidance? Or would I listen to mortal mind's prompting and take the so-called "expeditious" way?
It began in 1978 when our company informed all employees that by the middle of 1980 the manual assembly of our product would be discontinued and computerized automation would take over most of the operations. Some of the two hundred and fifty employees would be absorbed by other departments. However, the majority of us would be given severance pay and terminated. I had been with the company for twenty-eight years and was offered a night job at a reduced position and salary.
Although this was quite a blow to me, I turned, as I always do whenever a decision has to be made, to the Bible and to Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, seeking guidance. In the Bible the book of Psalms is full of admonitions for us to trust only God, and I found the third verse in Science and Health, I read these words (p. 126): "The Bible has been my only authority. I have had no other guide in 'the straight and narrow way' of Truth."
