I do not at all understand the mystery of grace

Anne Lamott
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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anchor
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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anchor

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