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Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
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San Angelo
Texas
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