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God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
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