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Tuesday’s Encouraging Message
This week I had the blessing of writing posts for encouraging.com. Each day I will link you to that day’s message. Please sign up to receive encouraging.com posts daily Monday through Friday throughout the year. You will be blessed weekly by various authors. Enjoy! Here is the link to Tuesday’s post Our Rejected Refuge. Photo by Ryan Riggins on Unsplash
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He’s In Our Boat!
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