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Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God?

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Keep
Undisciplined
Soul
Gaze
Thanksgiving
Lazy
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Stress
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Worry

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