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Chick Chat
Text copyright 2006 by Kristi Holl

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Chick chat : more devotions for girls / by Kristi Holl with Jennifer Vogtlin.
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Contents

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NIV)

Your Best Shot

On different days, you do different jobs with your hands: wash dishes, shovel snow, do math problems, practice cheerleading routines, clean your roomand so much more. Instead of rushing through each activity, do your very best work. Dont just do enough to get by.

That sounds inspiring, but what if the job is something you dont understand? What if its a task to do for someone who irritates you, like your bossy big brother? What if youre paired for a science project with a rude girl with scraggly hair who actually wears pink boots in the classroom? You dont want to go the extra mile. In fact, youre willing to take an F for the project if the science teacher will let you off the hook. That isnt going to happen, so you grit your teeth and get to work with her.

Then one day you learn a great secret from Colossians 3:23 (NLT): Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Each day after that, when you walk into science class, you take a deep breath and say, You know I dont want to do this, Lord, but Im doing it for you.Then, with a fresh surge of energy, you work with all your strength.

Whatever you have to do todaywhether its stuff you love or stuff you hatedo it to the very best of your ability. Be determined. There is much satisfaction to be found in a job well done.

Did You Know...

one way to show love to others is to never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically.

Romans 12:11 NLT

More To ExpLore: 1 Corinthians 15:10

Girl Talk:

What activities, school subjects, or chores are the hardest for you to do with all your might? If you performed them with excellence, might you feel differently about them?

God Talk:

Lord, I want to do everything to the best of my ability. Help me to remember that Im really doing it all for you. Amen

Fun Factoid:

Exercise with all twelve-year-old girl biking leisurely (under ten miles per hour) burns 181 calories in an hour. But by biking vigorously with all her strength (between sixteen and nineteen miles per hour), that same girl can burn 544 calories per hour!

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)

Loyalty

A friend loves at all times. She shows unwavering devotion to others and is truehearted. A real friend keeps the promises she makes. Close friends are there to help when sudden suffering, distress, or trouble strikes.

Anna was worried about her best friend, Jessie. Jessies dad had been arrested for taking money from the company where he worked. Jessie was afraid to go to school, fearing the remarks other kids were sure to make. The week after the arrest report appeared in the newspaper, many of her classmates did make nasty or thoughtless remarks. But Anna stuck by Jessie, never leaving her side before school or during lunch or on the way home. She stuck up for her, shielded her from nosy questions, and (most important) prayed for her and her family situation. A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24 NKJV).