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Pink Slip, by Teresa Bell Kindred
Check out our new women's blog, featuring Teresa Bell Kindred. You can
find it online here: http://akindredheart.com
"Hey Mom," my daughter said when I answered the phone, "I've got some
big news. I didn't get a pink slip!"
My daughter is a first year teacher and many of her friends and
co-workers did get the dreaded pink slip. Some of them will be rehired
before school starts back in the fall, but Kentucky's education budget
is tighter than ever; and, as a former school board member, I am well
aware that dollars only stretch so far.
He never gives pink slips!
I think my daughter was destined to be a teacher from the time she was
just a little girl. While her friends were asking for baby dolls for
Christmas she wanted marker boards to play "teacher." Maybe she was
genetically programmed to teach. Her grandmother was a teacher and so
am I, as well as many of her aunts and cousins.
Some people are born knowing what they want to do with their lives,
while others have to search in order to find their calling. Some folks
are born into Christian families and accept Christ easily. Others know
that they need something to cling to, but they aren't sure where to
look. Still others turn down roads that lead them to heartache and
destruction.
No matter how we get to Christ, once we are there, we are all treated
the same. Christ is an "equal opportunity employer: and He never gives
pink slips (Hebrews 13:5-8; Romans 8:32-39). He wants all His children
with Him forever.
Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are his dear
children (Ephesians 5:1).
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(c) 2008 Teresa Bell Kindred <kindred@scrtc.com>. Used by
permission. Visit TeresaKindred.com
<http://www.teresakindred.com> for more.
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* A Kindred Heart
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* The Best Gifts
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200612/20061213_bestgifts.html
* A Piece of My Heart
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200601/20060104_myheart.html
* TeresaKindred.com
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