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And that&#8217;s very comforting, as a father seeing my girl through a suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last few nights, i have been watching my girl crying in pain when she&#8217;s passing motion. Many times i pleaded with the Lord for mercy. I couldn&#8217;t take it to see my girl in such pain (when she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/i-am-thankful-for-jesus\/\">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":[67],"tags":[247,250,303],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thankful","tag-pain","tag-parenting","tag-suffering"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1401,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/redemptive-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":925,"position":0},"title":"Redemptive Grace","author":"clay","date":"April 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The question puzzles me, \"why did God punish Eve and all women with so much pain in child-bearing? 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