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Getting a job in the kingdom
Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants.
Then all your other needs will be met as well.
—Matthew 6:33, New Century Version
The summer I was 15, I decided I wanted a “mother’s helper job.” Many of the girls at my school got these jobs, working as live-in help for wealthy New York families on vacation. It seemed a chance to do something interesting and perhaps glamorous for the summer. So we all applied, and one by one, my friends got job offers. But I didn’t.
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March 4, 2013 issue
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Letters
Carol Cummings, Dorothy Daugherty, Jennifer Rosebrugh, JSH-Online comments
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Getting a job in the kingdom
Marjorie Kehe
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Protected by the Shepherd
Linda Davidson
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Right side up and free!
Frederick R. Andresen
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Baby boomers redefine aging
Ingrid Peschke
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Sparing the wildflowers
Patrick Collins
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State of being
Susan Adams
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Called to see God's perfection
Abby Fuller Innes
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Prayerfully confronting animal abuse
Leslie Dill Gondolf
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I can talk to God, too!
Ashlyn
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I knew my healing would come
Winter
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Racer bounces back after accident
George Pierce with contributions from Ellie
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Healed after a chemical burn
Nathan Bermel with contributions from Debbie Bermel
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This day is not your own
The Editors