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Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father - Thomas Watson

What though your sins have been heinous? Your wound is not so broad—as the plaster of Christ's blood. The sea covers great rocks. Just so, the sea of God's compassion can drown your great sins! Therefore be not discouraged, go to God, resolve to cast yourself upon his Fatherly compassion.

Having a wonderful experience reading this one.

The way Steinbeck describes the personality of his dog is within itself worth the read

“When I face the desolate possibility of writing five hundred pages a sick sense of failure falls on me and I know I can never do it. This happens every time. Then gradually I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate and I eliminate the possibility of ever finishing”

“Cathy was different from other children in many ways, but one thing in particular set her apart. Most children abhor difference. They want to look, talk, dress and act exactly like all the others. If the style of dress is an absurdity, it is pain and sorrow to a child not to wear that absurdity…and this slavishness to the group normally extends into every game, every practice, social or otherwise.”

Praise God for the reality of substitutionary atonement