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October 8, 2018

God Loves Me!

Belle Todd (Texas)

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[The Lord your God] will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. - Zephaniah 3:17 (CEB)

As young girls, my friends and I would often pick wild-
flowers from the yard and begin to pluck the petals off, one by one. With each petal, we would quote alternately, “He loves me” and “He loves me not.” This was to determine whether or not our latest beau loved...

Today's Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for loving us always and forever, in spite of what our world or our emotions sometimes tell us. Amen.
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Lamentations 3:18-26

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