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Thanksgiving creates abundance and the miracle of multiplying happens when I give thanks-take the just one loaf, say it is enough, and give thanks-and He miraculously makes it more than enough.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Love doesn't necessarily mean bless or agree with, it means sacrifice for and suffer with.
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Where ever you are be all there
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The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it's supposed sophistication, it's cynicism that's simplistic. In a fallen world, how profound is to see the cracks?
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Our fall is always first a failure to give thanks.
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Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift.
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God can enter into me, even me, and use these hands, these feet, to be His love, a love that goes on and on and on forever, endless cycle of grace.
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How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction.
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...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.
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