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If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain, not even of our privileges. But everything changes when we open up to the possibility that God's story is really our story too.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
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San Angelo
Texas
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When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.
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