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Ally's bracelet...

"BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE:  Sari and Tj gave me this beautiful bracelet for graduation.  Together, the oyster and pearl promote femininity, love, and inner beauty and proves that treasure lies within.  This bracelet means the world to me.  Well, today, I couldn’t find it anywhere.  On the verge of tears, I had no idea what to do.  So, I knelt down and prayed.  After a very worried prayer, I felt I needed to go to work.  9PM on a Tuesday night?  Pshh.  Ally, you turkey… Well, as I drove to the Y I became negative and started thinking the bracelet wouldn’t be there.  I ran into the Y and checked my headguard box.  Well, give me big ears and call me Dumbo, a little piece of gold metal was hiding behind my paperwork in my box.  Here is my bracelet sitting on my wrist and all because of His willingness to listen to my plea.  HE IS LISTENING TO YOU.  It sometimes feels that it shouldn’t matter to Him.  BUT IT DOES!!  If it’s important to you, it’s important to Him.  It matters to Him because YOU matter to him.  BTDUBS, Sarah and Tj, this bracelet is not leaving my wrist."





**Ally had posted this on facebook... but we talked about it and decided maybe it was a bit too personal to post there.

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