Quotemeal: May. 19th, 2005

Thursday, May 19, 2005

"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
— Martin Luther

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Illustration of Martin Luther — "I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

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