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God's favorites
When I was a child, I felt unloved by parents because my brother was the favorite; but I was somewhat comforted to know that I was the favorite niece of one of my aunts. This often seems to be the pattern of existence—we seem to be the sport of chance, sometimes up, sometimes down. And I certainly did not feel that I was one of God's favorites. I saw Him in the somewhat manlike role of favoring some of His children more than others.
This view of God does nothing for humanity, though it is widely held. During World War II, after a youth in which disappointment and disillusionment had played a large part, I suddenly remembered a book I had read in my early teens that has thoroughly impressed me. So I went straight to a Christian Science Reading Room and bought Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy. I read it again, and avidly, in every spare moment I had. Soon my whole life was changed, and later I became a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist.

December 22, 1980 issue
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Seeing Christlikeness at Christmas
ROBERT L. GATES
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God's favorites
DORIS MERCIA MILLAR
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Purpose for living
DESMOND E. MAC-KWASHIE
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Christmas comes
CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY
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Alone? Impossible!
JUDITH ANN HARDY
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The high point is always the angels
DARREN NELSON
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A Christmas healing
BARBARA KOBLER ROSSITER
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Remembering God's great goodness
FRANKIE L. THOMAS
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A sound I've heard
EVELYN GROVER HEISS
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Don't let "if only" steal your now
MARY ELIZABETH LEEVER
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Healing yourself
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Leave all for Christ?
NATHAN A. TALBOT
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Zacchaeus cared and climbed
Virginia F. Kuemmin
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I was troubled with bronchial asthma and taking pills every day...
R. J. ELIZABETH MEINTJES with contributions from MATHYS CRONJE MEINTJES
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The Scriptures are timeless sacred records that are relevant to us...
ELIZABETH M. BARTMAN