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Still Possess

Martin Luther

Martin Luther wrote, “I have held many things in my hand, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands that I still possess.” The distinction is between grasping and entrusting. What we clutch can be taken. What we place with God remains, in the deepest sense, secure.

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Strong for stewardship and loss. What is released to God is not finally lost.

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