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ADVANCING YEARS
Keeping up?
"Never again on the trip did I feel that I was holding the group back."
Ever say to yourself , "They're all so much younger. They're in such good shape. How can I hope to keep up?" Not everyone needs to keep up with everyone else all the time. But what can you do if you get thrust into a situation where you must keep up with those who maintain a much faster pace?
God has provided you with what you need. God is always with you and cares for you. He knows your need even before you ask Him. If He didn't, He wouldn't be the one all-knowing Mind. Need intelligence? God provides that. Need stamina? God provides that. And if you need to learn to love more, God shows you how. God is infinite Love and is constantly pouring out blessings on each one of us.
A friend learned this when she accompanied a group of 37 high-school students on an 8-day trip to France. The first day of bus touring went well, but then they began doing more walking, and she found herself having to climb many steps and hills. She was having trouble keeping up with the group. Even when walking from the hotel to a restaurant, the group always seemed to be going too fast for her. She had retired from teaching several years earlier, and she started to think that she shouldn't have come on this trip because there was too big an age difference.
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October 2, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
Mary Metzner Trammell
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Susan K. Kaufman, Carlyn Powley, Sydney Howell
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items of interest
with contributions from Kim Campbell, Krista Van Gorp, James Martin
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PRAY ANY WAY YOU CAN
Susan Booth Mack
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SINGING
Warren Bolon
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TURNING MOURNING INTO DANCING
Alfred J. Gemrich
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TALKING TO YOURSELF
Laura Matthews
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WORSHIPING BEHIND THE WHEEL
Kay Ramsdell Olson
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PRAYER AS AN ELEVATOR—LIFTING
Clare G. Turner
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A parent-teacher conference I'll never forget
By Melissa Abbott
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The resplendent rainbow in everyone
By Thomas O. Poyser
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On-the-spot patience
By Cheryl F. M. Petersen
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What I learned while canoeing
By Nancy Humphrey Case
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"God loves me" is a prayer
By Nancy Earl Collins
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Dear Sentinel,
Melissa Patterson
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Prostate problems cured
Charles M. Hollis
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Prayer heals back injury
Jeanie H. Ryley
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Fear conquered; child's health restored
Hilary Dawn Waller
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Full recovery from a foot injury
Jacqueline M. Kuykendall
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Keeping up?
By Robert A. Johnson
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Lesson from a mountain lake
Cyril Rakhmanoff