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Sometimes the most disappointing defeats have taught me the greatest lessons in flexibility, perseverance, tenacity, integrity, and dedication.

Could God completely protect her from harm? No, but I remembered that He loves her more than me. In fact He loved her first.

Sometimes our burdens blind our ability to experience the peace and joy that the Lord wants to give us. 

Would I have come away from that experience knowing that I had just witnessed the presence of the Living God?  Or would I have been more enamored, like a child, with waving of the palm branches, the excitement of the crowd, and even the donkey? I hope that I would have the awareness of the presence of my Savior and savor the experience of standing on Holy Ground.

The picture above hung on the wall of my children’s nursery, a baby gift from my college room-mate. Little did I know how much this simple verse expressed a life time struggle for me.

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