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MY #1 RELATIONSHIP
I FIND THE MORE I LOVE GOD, the better friend I am to others. Everything flows from my relationship to God, from loving Him above all else in my life. Christ Jesus said it this way: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all they strength: this is the first commandment" (Mark 12:30).
Keeping my relationship with God first is something I haven't always valued. I learned a significant lesson about this many years ago during my senior year in college when I fell in love with a fellow art student. He was attractive, attentive, enthusiastic, creative, adventurous—but, as I later found out, dishonest.
About the author
Judy Hedrick is a Christian Science practitioner in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

May 1, 2006 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from JEAN BOWYER, TOM YEAPLE, MARIAN J. FOSTER, MARGARET WYLIE, MARY LOUISE HILL
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Trading in our plans for God's plans
KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Ben Gelinas, R. Scott Macintosh, Chris Herlinger
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The ordered life—free from strain
BY RICHARD NENNEMAN
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Steppingstones out of stress
BY KATE DEARBORN
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Life out of the fast lane
BY KATJA BRESSETTE
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'Peace, be still'
George Krusz
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A healing prayer upstream
BY GLORY HOLZWORTH
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a STRONG foundation
BY JUDI BELL
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In God's club
Name removed by request
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'From those who have, to those who need'
Report by Kim Shippey, Senior Writer
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A JOYFUL HOMECOMING
JILL CARROLL with contributions from FOTIOS DARDAMANIS, DEBRA KELLER, VERA OVCHAR, MARIE A. BISCONER, SALLY MALLIN, WILLIAM BYRON WEBSTER, CHRIS WEILAND, BEVERLY J. LISI
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'I AM HEALED!'
SANDY TREVOR-ROBERTS—Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
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MY #1 RELATIONSHIP
JUDY HEDRICK
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A DEEPER RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
TONY LOBL
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UNDERSTANDING GOD'S NATURE BRINGS HEALING
WILLIAM F. BOODINE
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KNEE PAIN HEALED
STELLA MESQUITA
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PRAYER HARMONIZES A TROUBLED PREGNANCY
LAWRENCE AND EKATERINA WRIGHT