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Chapter 16—Careers
A Young Adult’s Encounter with Ellen White ... on Careers
Ellen White counseled that every well-educated woman should
know how to harness a horse. How could a Victorian woman, who
lived at the turn of the twentieth century, help me choose a career at
the turn of the twenty-first century? Computer programmer, radiol-
ogy technician, helicopter pilot, substance abuse counselor—many
of my job options didn’t even exist in her lifetime!
Even though Ellen White was not familiar with twenty-first-
century technology, she helped me understand the cosmic signifi-
cance of life. My life matters to God. He wants me to be with Him
in heaven. He needs me to choose to do His work on earth.
Based on the advice and counsel of Ellen White, I determined
that my mission—career, if you please—was to be a minister of the
gospel in everything I did. When people asked me what my college
major was, I’d reply, “I’m a ministry student! More than studying
about God, I want to learn how to work with, and for, Him!”
So far God has employed me as a dormitory resident assistant,
colporteur, youth pastor, and registered nurse. I have continually
asked myself, “How can I do this job to make an eternal difference
for me or someone else?” Only God knows what work I will do in
the future; but through Ellen White I have this career assurance:
“Not more surely is the place prepared for us in the heavenl
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mansions than is the special place designated on earth where we
are to work for God.
Julie, age 24
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