Are you sure?
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Why are you doing what you're doing?
My dad always asked that question. It was, in fact, a test to gauge the quality of my thinking if I felt depressed or confused or unhappy. It reminded me that it didn't matter so much what I was doing—whether I had this or that job. What mattered was my mental approach to my activities. Was God propelling me?
Many times I failed the test, replying that it was money and recognition that drove me forward rather than a desire to express God. But even at those times—especially then—the question was a critical checkpoint for me. The basis of the question is really the First Commandment: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20:3).

October 20, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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Our God-given purpose
Marilyn Jane Rimmington
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Why are you doing what you're doing?
Jennifer Sappenfield Woodbury
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Career counseling
Robyn Weydert Edgerton
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Out of upheaval, progress
Betty Spiers Sands
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Enjoy the ride!
Laura Matthews
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Turning instantly to God
Grayce G. Young
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Flower to light
Joann Smedley
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A wound instantly healed
Julie Eggert
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Are the children in your community just kids?
Joyce K. Marin
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Dear Sentinel
with contributions from Lauren Woodward, Kathleen C. Woodward, Lauren Dickey, Dawn S. Dickey, Tim Portz
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Dealing with rude people
Elise L. Moore
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL
The Editors
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Many faces of faith
by Kim Shippey
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The job you were made for
Mary Metzner Trammell
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I am very happy and grateful to God for having had the opportunity...
Ellen Crista da Silva