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Discussion Forums - Religion & Spirituality
Topic: Beautiful!
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> young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he
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> Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father
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> the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible,
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> many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as
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>spoil what
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Susan, this is SOOO true. To bad more people didn't open the book to find that all they really need or could ever want, is among the pages. |
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I agree the Bible holds all lifes anwsers!
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