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And he wants you to keep that at the front of your mind? He wants you to stay focused on the darkest seasons of your life? How could that possibly do any good?' . . . He wants you to remember who delivered you from that time. That's the point of holding on to memory: delivery, not darkness.

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Ted Dekker
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 24
Author
Novelist
Republic of Indonesia
Theodore R. Dekker
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