Quotemeal: Oct. 9th, 1961

Monday, October 9, 1961

"Lift up your eyes. The heavenly Father waits to bless you — in inconceivable ways to make your life what you never dreamed it could be."
— Anne Ortlund

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Illustration of Anne Ortlund — "Lift up your eyes. The heavenly Father waits to bless you — in inconceivable ways to make your life what you never dreamed it could be."

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