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You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life.
Wendy Beckett
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Wendy Beckett
Age: 88 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 25
Died: 2018
Died: December 26
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Dominion of South Africa
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Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.
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