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Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
Grace
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Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.
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