Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 2023

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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