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Prodigal: I see it is all cleared out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: There is more than one way to skin a cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is from Choose Love by Stormie Omartian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people choose to believe God never existed. They point to everything bad and say, “I there is a God, how could He allow all the evil in the world?” But the truth is, all the evil in the world exists because of those who chose to separate themselves from God and His ways. They now choose to serve evil over serving God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And\u00a0he opened\u00a0his\u00a0mouth,\u00a0and taught\u00a0them,\u00a0saying, Mattew 5:2 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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