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    A conversation with my daughters

    27th July 2005

    A while ago, I raised some questions about what it means to first seek the Kingdom of God and especially what it means when it says “all these things will be given to you.” Recently I was involved in a converstaion between two of my daughters around the dining table.

    “Sometimes I think God is so selfish!”

    This is Daughter #3 who is usually quiet, preferring to read than to talk. She shrugged her shoulders.

    “I mean, He tells us to love Him and obey Him. It seems that He only cares about Himself. With God, everything seems to be about Him only. Isn’t that selfishness?”

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