[Faith-talk] Faith-talk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 26
Donna Elliott
donnatelliott at gmail.com
Sun Jan 26 19:42:27 UTC 2014
Paul, you have again brought a smile to my face and my husband's. Thanks for sharing your vignettes.
Your sister in Christ, Donna & Aaron
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> 1. Daily Thought for Saturday, January 25, 2014 (Paul)
> 2. Who is Allah? (Mostafa)
> 3. Announcement for Anyone Here Who is Prolife (Paul)
> 4. Re: Faith-talk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 25 (Donna Elliott)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:53:47 -0500
> From: "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com>
> To: <myfriendlyfamily at emissives.com>
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Saturday, January 25, 2014
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> Hello and good day to all my readers on this Saturday, a day which the Lord has made (Psalm 118:24). I hope that you are all doing well on this day.
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> I thought that we would present some humorous vignettes for your reading and laughing pleasure today that I've collected from here and there. Please note that if a particular place name is mentioned, it does not reflect on your particular situation or circumstance. With that said, let's begin.
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> An elderly woman lived on a small farm in Canada, just yards away from the North Dakota border. Their land had been the subject of a minor dispute between the United States and Canada for years. The now widowed woman lived on the farm with her son and three grandchildren.
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> One day, her son came into her room holding a letter. "I just got some news, Mom," he said. "The government has come to an agreement with the people in Washington. They've decided that our land is really part of the United States. We have the right to approve or disapprove of the agreement. What do you think?"
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> "What do I think?" his mother said. "Sign it! Call them right now and tell them we accept! I don't think I could stand another one of those Canadian winters!"
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> A Wisconsin lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"
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> The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."
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> A Lutheran church in Minnesota was so big that when the top floor needed repairs, the workers rigged up a "cage elevator" inside so they could easily get material to the upper floors. This was a simple contraption, which required that the doors be closed manually before the elevator could be called to another floor.
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> One day one of the workers, Peter, took the elevator to the top floor. At the same time, Pastor Mark was preparing a report for the church board on the progress of the repairs and was calling the elevator on the ground floor. Unfortunately, Peter forgot and left the door open. The pastor rang for the elevator a couple of times before he realized that Peter had likely left the elevator door open. Pastor Mark would have to yell to have the elevator doors closed.
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> Just as he began yelling, the church council came in, early for the meeting. They were surprised to see Pastor Mark yelling up toward the heavens: "Peter! Peter! CLOSE THE GATES!"
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> Well, I don't know about you, but with everything going on this week, what with the weather and my concern about two loved ones, I needed those stories to make me laugh. I hope they also made you chuckle at least.
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> And now may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in which we live. Lord willing, tomorrow there will be another Bible poem for you to mull over. Your Christian friend and brother, Paul
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:27:53 +0200
> From: "Mostafa" <mostafa.almahdy at gmail.com>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Who is Allah?
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> Who is Allah?
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> Who is Allah?, A theological analysis.
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> 2; To clearly demonstrate the major essence of the monotheistic faith, so anything else that differs from the stated description of monotheism, will explicitly considered to be utterly polytheism.
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> 3; To clearly demonstrate, that any flattery is unexpected, to worship others than Allah, or in association with Him is intensely intolerable, and that the oneness of Allah Almighty has to sincerely be outloud.
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> I am inviting you to worship Allah alone, without any associates.
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> Now, with the Will of Allah, I chronologically arranged ten major factors in the section below, which conveniently illustrates who Allah is, and what does monotheism mean.
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> His knowledge, wisdom, the singularity of His capability, they all are exceedingly surpassing the human insignificant adequacy and apprehension.
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> He glory be to Him has an illimitable mightiness, by which He basicly, is able to do anything, and that emphatically includes, to decease or resurrect any of His creation, to either approve or decline our faith, to either approve or decline our deeds.
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> Allah is fully capable of bestowing His grace and to atone the human cynicism unconditionally. He enormously is all Forgiving, glory be to Him.
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> Would you mind me asking you a question; Do you believe in God as I listed His major attributes and characteristics for you?
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> I am not going to denounce the Christian introspection to believe in whatever they think of as the ultimate truth regarding Jesus Christ and his entity peace and blessings be upon him but, I am just striving to nighly apprehend.
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> I am enthusiastically intrigued to academically pursue in the field of interfaith studies.
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> I chose to discuss religion with Christians because I love them.
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> Can you specify the major motive that encourages you to worship Jesus?
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> If Jesus was absolutely divine, then why he demanded to pray?
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> If this is the mortal Jesus that prayed, and not the divine one, well, you just need to show me your evidence from the Bible.
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> Please, you may pass these queries on to some Minister at the Church service tomorrow.
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> I demand to discuss the concept of Jesus inducement of two natures with knowledgeable Christian figures.
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> This vividly reflects on a thesis I am currently working on, and it is relevant to the subject.
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> If you perceive that you are theologically ineligible to sufficiently respond, you may please pass my queries on to some adequate reverent who would do so.
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> Please, feel free to pass over these enquiries to the pastoral entitlement of your choice.
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> Thank you so much, and I look forward to hearing from you.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 17:55:33 -0500
> From: "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com>
> To: <SereneMountain at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Announcement for Anyone Here Who is Prolife
> Message-ID: <C82DCA6FCDC64BD19BB70057B5C2E4AF at paul>
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> Hello guys and gals. If your schedule permits and you have time, at 9 p.m. eastern time on WPEL radio in Montrose PA there will be a talk given by someone who dedicated it to his mother. She was going to abort him, but thankfully she didn't. Have heard little soundbites of what he has to say, and I liked what I heard. For those of you in northeastern Pennsylvania and New York's southern tier, like around Binghamton and Elmira, tune your FM dial to 96.5. If you are a SAMNET subscriber go to the Christian link under "Radio" and arrow down to Pennsylvania. Click on that link and press Enter on WPEL. For those who are not SAMNET members go to http://www.wpel.org. Hope the site is accessible. Remember the time is 9 p.m. eastern time. Hope to see some of you in the virtual audience. This talk was recorded several days ago at the Montrose Bible Conference. Paul
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:51:10 -0500
> From: Donna Elliott <donnatelliott at gmail.com>
> To: "faith-talk at nfbnet.org" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Faith-talk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 25
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> Paul, thank you for sharing the story and yours. I was sitting here feeling blue about my husband's medical situation. Reading this was like a hug from God, through these words. Wishing you many blessings.
> Donna & Aaron
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> 1. Teaching English for the blind in Egypt. (Mostafa)
>> 2. Re: Teaching English for the blind in Egypt. (Doris and Chris)
>> 3. Daily Thought for Friday, January 24, 2014 (Paul)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:31:17 +0200
>> From: "Mostafa" <mostafa.almahdy at gmail.com>
>> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] Teaching English for the blind in Egypt.
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>> Hello.
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>> The British Council is the top worldwide leading organization of teaching English to non-native speakers.
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>> As part of their integrative sentiment, the British Council in Egypt aims for the first time to provide accessible learning English courses for Egyptian blind adults.
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>> This was the major role of my conversation earlier this morning with MR. Mark Steven, the current British Council director here in Egypt.
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>> I enjoyed conversing with him regarding this particular subject, and he critically showed his tendency and enthusiasm to significantly assist.
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>> We spoke about what facilities we demand to equip the classroom with, in order to prosperously commence this initiative.
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>> Well, I explain to him how this is going to work.
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>> For Egyptian blind adults to learn English in elementary level,, we need the following:
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>> 1; We need to provide from two to five computers with adaptive technology settled and customized on them.
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>> 2; We need Brailled materials along with audible lessons that resembles visual learning activities.
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>> 3; We demand to have competent English Braille tutors, so they can help the British Council throughout catering for educational inclusion to blind learners.
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>> MR. Steven was enormously keen to help on that regard, and he promised me that the British Council in Egypt is willing to implement this educational scheme in the near future.
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>> I thanked him, and I expressed my faith in the British Council global credibility, it is the worldwide recognized educational center for correct English seekers.
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>> I believe in the British Council incredible credibility, because I was fortunate to learn English with them.
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>> I do not have any relevance with the British Council, and I never worked for them.
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>> But I constantly prefer the British Council because of their positive disposal towards everyone.
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>> I was never discouraged by the British Council policy.
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>> Even when I asked to write on my IELTS exam rather than dictating someone, they were not close-minded, and they even did not presuppose its impossibility.
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>> They rather negotiated with me to reach a moderate solution.
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>> Well ultimately, I am going to take my IELTS exam next March, and I will write on my paper independently, without being in need to dictate someone.
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>> English has always been my favorit foreign language since ever I communicated in English at the British Council.
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>> Thank you so much.
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>> That is what I have got in this edition of my daily digests.
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>> In the meantime, and until I render another post, stay blessedly, and have a pleasant time.
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:40:09 -0500
>> From: Doris and Chris <chipmunks at gmx.net>
>> To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Teaching English for the blind in Egypt.
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>> Stay blessed yourself, dear friend, and always looking forward to
>> your next post!
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>> What do you think of having some of these classes online or of
>> Teaching/learning English with the Bible/New Testament? If you are
>> intersted, google for something called "Let's Start Talking" and
>> "esl:=" *smile*
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>> Doris and Chris in Lutherland ;-)
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>> At 09:31 PM 2014/01/24 +0200, you wrote:
>>> Hello.
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>>> The British Council is the top worldwide leading organization of
>>> teaching English to non-native speakers.
>>>
>>> As part of their integrative sentiment, the British Council in Egypt
>>> aims for the first time to provide accessible learning English
>>> courses for Egyptian blind adults.
>>>
>>> This was the major role of my conversation earlier this morning with
>>> MR. Mark Steven, the current British Council director here in Egypt.
>>>
>>> I enjoyed conversing with him regarding this particular subject, and
>>> he critically showed his tendency and enthusiasm to significantly assist.
>>>
>>> We spoke about what facilities we demand to equip the classroom
>>> with, in order to prosperously commence this initiative.
>>>
>>> Well, I explain to him how this is going to work.
>>>
>>> For Egyptian blind adults to learn English in elementary level,,
>>> we need the following:
>>>
>>> 1; We need to provide from two to five computers with adaptive
>>> technology settled and customized on them.
>>>
>>> 2; We need Brailled materials along with audible lessons that
>>> resembles visual learning activities.
>>>
>>> 3; We demand to have competent English Braille tutors, so they can
>>> help the British Council throughout catering for educational
>>> inclusion to blind learners.
>>>
>>> MR. Steven was enormously keen to help on that regard, and he
>>> promised me that the British Council in Egypt is willing to
>>> implement this educational scheme in the near future.
>>>
>>> I thanked him, and I expressed my faith in the British Council
>>> global credibility, it is the worldwide recognized educational
>>> center for correct English seekers.
>>>
>>> I believe in the British Council incredible credibility, because I
>>> was fortunate to learn English with them.
>>>
>>> I do not have any relevance with the British Council, and I never
>>> worked for them.
>>>
>>> But I constantly prefer the British Council because of their
>>> positive disposal towards everyone.
>>>
>>> I was never discouraged by the British Council policy.
>>>
>>> Even when I asked to write on my IELTS exam rather than dictating
>>> someone, they were not close-minded, and they even did not
>>> presuppose its impossibility.
>>>
>>> They rather negotiated with me to reach a moderate solution.
>>>
>>> Well ultimately, I am going to take my IELTS exam next March, and I
>>> will write on my paper independently, without being in need to dictate someone.
>>>
>>> English has always been my favorit foreign language since ever I
>>> communicated in English at the British Council.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much.
>>>
>>> That is what I have got in this edition of my daily digests.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, and until I render another post, stay blessedly,
>>> and have a pleasant time.
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:00:57 -0500
>> From: "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com>
>> To: <nancyanddel at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Friday, January 24, 2014
>> Message-ID: <60CE336C944A4450A414E4BFC6A5C146 at paul>
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>> Hello and good Friday to most of you, and a good Saturday to you in countries outside the Americas. Sorry to be late, but I was involved in a quiz that I couldn't leave and had to be there when called on to answer a question. But now that that's over, we can do other things. I hope that your day is going well, no matter the time of day or day of the week, by God's matchless grace and His providential care.
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>> Malinda Fillingim is a writer living somewhere in North Carolina and, I believe, either blind or visually impaired. Anyway today she graces our Braille displays and/or screen readers with her contribution entitled "Bathroom Blessing," rendered as follows:
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>> Whatever else can be said of me, I cry well. During the four months that my daughter Hope was in the hospital, crying became a habit. I tried to be strong for her sake. I bravely held her hand and reassured her that everything was going to be okay--even when I really wasn't so certain of that myself.
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>> One afternoon, I was completely worn out and needed a break. I needed a quiet place to pray. I needed a place where I could break down and no one would notice. The only place I could find was the large bathroom off the lobby. There, I locked the bathroom stall door and began to cry.
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>> My sobs echoed throughout the tile-floored room. I blew my nose on toilet paper and flushed the toilet, hoping the sound would drown out my weeping. After a few minutes, feet began to appear, one pair after another, under my locked door. I began to hear voices.
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>> "Are you okay in there?" a woman asked. Another woman slid a cold paper towel under my door. "Whatever is wrong, honey, I am going to pray for you. It'll be okay." A teenager rolled an unopened can of soda to me. I thanked her and drank it. Two women offered to wait for me outside in the hall and pray with me. Another young woman with two small children told me she was sorry for whatever was wrong. Many people shared words of comfort. One person even sang "Amazing Grace" to me!
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>> My bathroom stall became a holy place where my sorrow was shared by strangers who comforted me, sight unseen, except for feet, of course.
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>> I finished my crying. The tears had cleansed my soul, and strangers had buoyed my spirit. As I walked back to Hope's room, a woman asked how I was feeling. When I asked how she knew me, she laughed and said, "I recognized your shoes!" Looking down, I recognized hers, too. We hugged.
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>> Returning to Hope's room, I looked at our situation with new faith and with the reassurance that I was not alone. God had spoken to me through the kindness of strangers.
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>> A bathroom stall may not have a lot of room, but it is plenty big enough for God to work wonders.
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>> And there you have Malinda's article which I hope you enjoyed reading. She must be partially sighted, I would guess.
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>> A similar situation happened to me during the 2010 March for Life in Washington DC. I guess I must have looked sad or something in the face, because somewhere along the line of march a lady saw it and asked what the trouble was. When I told her about my mom in a nursing home, we together left the line of march and withdrew a little ways to the side of the street. Then and there she prayed a very simple prayer that the Lord would reassure me that my mom would be all right. I learned from her that her name was Millicent, and that she lived in Yankton SD. She was raised on the Brul`e Sioux Reservation. I can't remember everything Millicent said, but she did pray and reassured me that my mom's soul would be with Jesus within six months. Sure enough, four months later it was. We haven't contacted each other, so I wouldn't know where in Yankton she lives. It was definitely a God-moment, and one shared with a very kind stranger. This is, in my opinion, the biblical meaning of the word "hospitality" which, in Greek, is _philoxenia, meaning "love of strangers."
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>> And now may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in which we live. Lord willing, tomorrow there will be another Daily Thought message for you. Your Christian friend and brother, Paul
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