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God isn't a place of fresh starts. He isn't a hideout. He is not a destination. He is not a clean break. He is not a cop out for indecision. He is not a straight line. He is a circle. He will take you back to whatever you ran from if he needs you to heal your scars and others. He is a God of justice and compassion. The greatest growth a soul can experience doesn't come from doing service to strangers that have no impact on your life. It comes from doing service to people that have hurt you or you have hurt them. To truly devote yourself to God is to travel down roads that are hard to revisit. However, he will keep taking you there, until you have healed yourself or others.
God isn't a place of fresh starts. He isn't a hideout. He is not a destination. He is not a clean break. He is not a cop out for indecision. He is not a straight line. He is a circle. He will take you back to whatever you ran from if he needs you to heal your scars and others. He is a God of justice and compassion. The greatest growth a soul can experience doesn't come from doing service to strangers that have no impact on your life. It comes from doing service to people that have hurt you or you have hurt them. To truly devote yourself to God is to travel down roads that are hard to revisit. However, he will keep taking you there, until you have healed yourself or others.
Approximate author period: c. 2018 AD · contemporary
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- Shannon L. Alder
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- Approximate author period: c. 2018 AD · contemporary
Approximate author period, documented activity in 2018. 350 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before Marriage — Cedar Fort / OverDrive. Publisher-supplied ebook record names Shannon L Alder and gives release 9 January 2018. This is a second-edition activity anchor, not the author's first publication. This is NOT the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://www.overdrive.com/media/3964687/350-questions-lds-couples-should-ask-before-marriage (accessed 2026-10-08).
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