Quotemeal: Nov. 28th, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

"God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied."
— Thomas à Kempis

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied."

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