Quotemeal: Jan. 4th, 2015

Sunday, January 4, 2015

"We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us."
— Ed Howe

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Illustration of Ed Howe — "We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us."

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