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Apr 18

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Wild Cherry

A Runaway’s Story of Redemption

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I stole a box of Luden’s Wild Cherry cough drops from the pulpit when I was ten. I regretted it afterward and thought it sealed my fate of God forsaking me. I didn’t think He would ever forgive me for stealing from His house. I was reminded of that incident and experienced God’s redemption when I was sixteen.

SUMMER 1979

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