"My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war."

Jeremiah 6:15

Gimme gimme gimme!

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Jeremiah 6:15

Who do you look up to?

Comparing myself to my parents and other people that I looked up to often made me feel like a failure. It took me much longer to start a family than my parents, and this was tied somewhat to my consta

Jeremiah 6:15

Cast all your care on the Lord

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