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For example, he encourages parents to build upon their child’s knowledge of the heroes of Greek literature by bringing to their attention heroes of the Bible.
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“Maybe to her destiny was something, but to him destiny was someone.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“In Scripture we see example after example of God coming alongside people who felt weak and inadequate—who felt the absence of the strength needed for the assignment they’d been given—and calling them to be strong. In fact, there are more than thirty occasions in the Bible where God commands someone to be strong.”
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“Grant me one more day of love, God, and one more, and another. One more blue afternoon with my children’s voices filling the sky—this, my only music. One more sight of their breath rising in plumes against the cold, so I may know they’re still breathing. Give me time enough to fix these memories in my heart. Let me write this love upon my soul.”
― The Ragged Edge of Night
― The Ragged Edge of Night
“We worship the Lord. We simply love, adore, and praise God’s name—no matter what’s going on around us. We know He will march with us to the farthest corners of the earth and to the end of the age.”
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“Of all the imaginable things he most misses about her, the thing he really wishes he could do again is hold her hand in his. She had a way of holding her index finger in his palm, hiding it inside. And he always felt that nothing in the world was impossible when she did that.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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