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I learned to listen to God
A week before the prom . My senior year in high school was coming to an end, and I was ready for my big date with Murdad, the handsome student newly arrived from Iran. We were set to go out on the biggest night of the year—"grad night."
So why was I crying my eyes out in the girls' bathroom, miserable beyond words? I'd been angling for this date with Murdad over the past six months, and he had just told me he wasn't interested in this silly evening. Locked into the stall and sobbing like a child, I didn't see how I would ever get over this disappointment.
Despite my tears, however, I knew I could pray about it. In my family, whenever we had any kind of problem, the first thing we did was to ask God to show us the answers. So even though I felt devastated, there was what the Bible calls a "still small voice" within me that I knew was from God gently, comforting me.
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May 26, 2003 issue
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Prayer-based immunity
Steve Graham
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letters
with contributions from David Goldsmith, Arthur G. Elliott, Marc W. Abel, Barbara Byler Saum
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items of interest
with contributions from Ann Winterholter, Richard Dymond, Tim Rutten
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SARS a new name need not scare us
By Neera Kapur
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WORLDWIDE IMMUNITY through prayer
By Ryder Stevens
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prayer vs. contagion
By Beverly Goldsmith
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My effort for PEACE in the Middle East
By Larissa Snorek-Yates
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Prayers for peace
with contributions from Barbara Whitewater, Bruce A. Cunningham, Peter J. Jensen, Thomas O. Poyser, Deirdre Kindthistle
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I learned to listen to God
By Sabra Lowe
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Can I like myself?
By Ginny Luedeman
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Making time for what you love
By Susie Rynerson
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Films that inspire
By Marilyn Jones Senior Writer
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Challenging assumptions
By Margaret Rogers
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contagious disease healed quickly
Jill Longanecker-Wiedman
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Smallpox arrested through prayer
Maxine Leymaster
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Recurring convulsions healed
Mónica Esefer Passaglia