pickup truck<\/a> to go pick up the bags, someone had already picked them up for me.<\/p>\nGoodness exists.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God\u2019s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don\u2019t know how or what to pray, it doesn\u2019t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That\u2019s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.\u201d \u2013Romans 8, ESV<\/p>\n
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