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Max Lucado was a contemporary American christian author and minister. Max Lucado is an American author and minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you cant trace his hand, trust his heart.”
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