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Grace means we don't need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they're working.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.
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