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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 

Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV

In the time since the last post, I laid my mom to rest. It's been an interesting summer. Thank God for his mercy and for holding me and carrying me through it all safely. I am grateful to God for the wisdom given me and the strength given me. 

As I prepare to post a part of the first chapter of Job, I recall listening to Laura Story's "Bless the LORD" when this happened. Anyway...

... The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."

Job 1:21 NIV





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