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I just thought to get these 2 lessons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Good friendships and the hardships we endured together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sufferings &amp; hardships could be transformed by God&#8217;s grace to produce eternal beauty<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because my google storage is almost full and I refused to pay to upgrade, I left with only 1 choice. That&#8217;s to clean up my space!! In the process, I discovered many interesting stuff. Our old photographs, the hard works &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/good-old-friends-are-like-gems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,67],"tags":[168,227],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-thankful","tag-friendship","tag-memories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":810,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/thank-god-for-journal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2019,"position":0},"title":"Thank God for Journal","author":"clay","date":"June 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I read again my entries in 2012 and 2006. It brings back the memories when mum is still strong and healthy. It touches my heart and warms it. The entries, no need something spiritual, but just descriptive of events, feelings, and emotions. Thank God for mum, for my sis, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/category\/daily-life\/family\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":672,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/rays-of-enlightenment\/","url_meta":{"origin":2019,"position":1},"title":"Rays of enlightenment","author":"clay","date":"December 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The last few days have been encouraging for me. For despite the difficult situation and circumstances around, finally i could regain what seemingly my lost in first place. That's my initial simple childlike faith and fervent zealous straight-forward passion and love for Jesus. 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