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		<title>By: Jacqueline</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description>I&#039;m confused about one aspect of this story--Kristie says &quot;My love for science and my ability to care for people meant nothing if I wasn&#039;t pursuing God&#039;s plan for my life.  God didn&#039;t need my skills...He needed my heart.&quot; 
 
God gives us talents and gifts so that we can use them to fulfill His purpose. Often our calling to witness as believers is not as straightforward as becoming a missionary or a minister.  The people who show the love of God through healing and nurturing are just as important and needed as those who preach or travel across the world.  God gives us talents for a reason--so we can serve Him using those talents.  I feel like the message in this story is unclear--if Kristie loves science and medicine and serving God through these talents, but then says that it wasn&#039;t God&#039;s plan, then what was His plan?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m confused about one aspect of this story&#8211;Kristie says &#8220;My love for science and my ability to care for people meant nothing if I wasn&#8217;t pursuing God&#8217;s plan for my life.  God didn&#8217;t need my skills&#8230;He needed my heart.&#8221; </p>
<p>God gives us talents and gifts so that we can use them to fulfill His purpose. Often our calling to witness as believers is not as straightforward as becoming a missionary or a minister.  The people who show the love of God through healing and nurturing are just as important and needed as those who preach or travel across the world.  God gives us talents for a reason&#8211;so we can serve Him using those talents.  I feel like the message in this story is unclear&#8211;if Kristie loves science and medicine and serving God through these talents, but then says that it wasn&#8217;t God&#8217;s plan, then what was His plan?</p>
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