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“And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.” Genesis 19:17 KJV
Why did her brother-in-law take everything from her and why in the world did her church abandon her when she found love outside her faith? Why did some other king have to conquer his land and take away his dream? Why did I have to become a plumber?

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James and Dolley Madison statue - Montpelier, Virginia

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” Philippians 2:3 KJV
Those brown eyes no longer floated in a sea of ivory. No, they drifted aimlessly, as though seeking help, in a bath of crimson. He knew the America he had worked so hard to form was not about its history, but it was about its future. He had to be very hungry and the devil knew it. “It’s easy to make that hunger go away,” the devil would tell him.

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Open field across the street from James Madison's Birthplace - Port Conway, Virginia
“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs….And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.” Numbers 13:23, 27

“At least it’s not an earthquake.” Our efforts to form a nation were really quite trying.

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