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Every day I am hit in the face with how over-the-top blessed I am. Yea, you would think after two years or so it would wear off, but it doesn\u2019t. Every day I look into the face of Jesus in those people pictured above and my heart breaks. They are hungry. That\u2019s right. This means that the Body of Christ, Jesus, my Savior, goes to bed hungry while I sit on my bed with a full stomach. It is unimaginable.<\/p>\n
It is easy to look to God and ask, \u201cWhy is there so much poverty in the world? Why is there so much hurt, so much inequality and unfairness, so much destituion?\u201d I bet He would ask us the same thing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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