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The practice of giving thanks...eucharisteo...this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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The Word God wastes nothing and He heals two broken hearts with one story - the reader and the writer.
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Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
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Grace is the only thing that is ever enough.
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Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle.
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