Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celeb…

Philip Yancey
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Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven. ✨ Philip Yancey (1997). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.14, Harper Collins
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Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven. ✨ Philip Yancey (1997). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.14, Harper Collins

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