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Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Satan’s sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully, ungrateful for what God gave. Isn’t that the catalyst of all my sins? Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren’t satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other.
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