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God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.

Karen Kingsbury

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Karen Kingsbury
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 8
Journalist
Novelist
Songwriter
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Close
Doors
Please
Open
Clear
Future
Make
Windows
Window

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