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Of Love and Gratitude
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Sally had been married for seven years, and
all she wanted was to be a mother. Only a few
months after she was married, she had prepared
a nursery for the baby she dreamed of having.
But the years passed, and no baby came.
She spent lots of money on doctors and
specialists, but the final verdict was that she
would never be able to have a baby. She had
spent the last seven years praying for a child,
and now that she felt God had abandoned her,
she, in her bitterness, abandoned him.
She watched a news report of a young,
teenage mother who had a baby she didn’t want
and left it to die, and resentment began to grow
in Sally’s heart. How could God be so unjust?
She knew she could have given that child the
love her empty arms ached to give.
Feeling the way she did, Sally refused to
attend her family’s Thanksgiving gathering. In
her heart she felt there was nothing left to be
thankful for. Then, a few days after
Thanksgiving, a knock came on her door.
There stood a young woman who was obviously
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