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\u201cGod, thank you for ice cream. Well done! Sure, we humans have been clever enough to combine your goods in a creative way, But you made the milk, the eggs, sugar, the flavors we use to fancy it up and the ice that makes it cold. Thank you, thank you. And please enjoy it with me.\u00a0 Jesus, you never had the chance to enjoy ice cream. But you live in me, so relish the moment.\u00a0 Thank you so for the simple, delightful gift of ice cream!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGod, thank you for ice cream. Well done! Sure, we humans have been clever enough to combine your goods in a creative way, But you made the milk, the eggs, sugar, the flavors we use to fancy it up and the ice that makes it cold. Thank you, thank you. 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