Quotemeal: Jul. 15th, 2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Illustration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer — "God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."

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