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God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Limp
Occasional
Perpetual
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Would
Strut

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