for putting it out there to the world for others to glean from.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIt was something that normally only a kind and caring and wise relative would do. Yet such relatives are rare.<\/p>\n
And this was only one such reply among many.<\/p>\n
I learn a ton from your writings.<\/p>\n
May God bless you richly!<\/p>\n\t
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Thank you. I do what I can for people and hope they and those reading the answers can grow from the application of the Scriptures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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