“Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.”

— John Townsend

Where Is God (2009, Thomas Nelson publishers)

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Canadian clinical psychologist and author 1952

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