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What happens the day after a prayer is answered? You go from hope to certainty, petition to gratitude. The Shalit family is celebrating the return of their beloved Gilad after more than five years in captivity. He was a teenager, serving in the Israeli army when he was taken by Hamas militants in a cross-border…http://blog.beliefnet.com/prayables/files/2011/10/answeredprayers-300x200.jpg