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The moments of grace usually give us more than one good thing we can do, and we do well if we manage a pretty good batting average. ... it is an opportunity that god sews into the fabric of a routine situations - it is a chance to do something creative, something helpful, something healing, something that makes one unmarked spot in the world better off for our having been there.
-Lewis B. Smedes
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The Moments Of Grace Usually Give Us

Lewis B. Smedes
The moments of grace usually give us more than one good thing we can do, and we do well if we manage a pretty good batting average. ... it is an opportunity that god sews into the fabric of a routine situations - it is a chance to do something creative, something helpful, something healing, something that makes one unmarked spot in the world better off for our having been there.
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