Quotemeal: May. 2nd, 1949

Monday, May 2, 1949

"God doesn't call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing, and then He qualifies them."
— Richard Parker

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Illustration of Richard Parker — "God doesn't call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing, and then He qualifies them."

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