Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes

God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.

Rachel Grace Held

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• God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.

  

  Rachel Grace Held
  • God
  • Way
  • Imagine