The best gift I ever got

The summer I was 15, I was a counselor-in-training at a summer camp far away from home. The counselor in charge of our unit was a college student and a philosophy major. So we often had discussions about different religions. 

One night, one of my tent-mates asked a serious question: “What would we do if Jane [meaning me] broke her leg?”

“I would pray and God would heal it,” I replied.

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Outward bound
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The ride of my life
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When God broke through
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The path back
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What’s life about?
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‘I stopped smoking pot’
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The perfect relationship?
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God really was with me
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No problem too small . . . or too big
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The only thing left was Love
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Finding God again

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