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There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Affection
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Missing
Risky
Comes
Extravagant
Time
Affections
Love
Seize
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Gestures

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Christ became one of us to redeem all of us.
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