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When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Inspirational
Injustice
Moments
Forgiving
Earth
Judging
Withhold
Love
Judgment
Bringing
Somebody
Generosity
Stand
Forgive
Heaven
Generous
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Forgiveness

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