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When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us?

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Lives
Rain
Soak
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Cracked
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Thing
Broken
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Joy
Soil
World
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Open
Lays
Crevices
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Crevice

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