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Prodigal: Very beautiful! I can see this one is liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: May it be a blessing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is so much good in the worst of us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so much bad in the best of us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That it ill behooves the best of us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To talk about the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Romans 5:11 (KJV)


Jennifer Van Allen
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