Gratitude in the Gethsemane

Today I am grateful the Lord has turned my weeping into joy





Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalms 30:5)”.


These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
John 15:11



They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. (Psalm 126:5)

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing..." -Psalm 30:11


Psalm 126
1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

4Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

6He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.



Tears, Then Joyful Harvest

Weeping times are suitable for sowing: we do not want the ground to be too dry. Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all the sooner. The salt of prayerful tears will give the good seed a flavor which will preserve it from the worm: truth spoken in awful earnestness has a double life about it. Instead of stopping our sowing because of our weeping, let us redouble our efforts because the season is so propitious.

Come, then, my heart, sow on in thy weeping, for thou has the promise of a joyful harvest. Thou shalt reap. Thou, thyself, shalt see some results of thy labor. This shall come to thee in so large a measure as to give thee joy, which a poor, withered, and scanty harvest would not do. When thine eyes are dim with silver tears, think of the golden corn. Bear cheerfully the present toil and disappointment; for the harvest day will fully recompense thee
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2 Chronicles 7:14 (King James Version)


14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


I am thankful that the Lord allows us the opportunity experience change through prayer and he promises to hear us when we pray.
 
Today I am grateful the landlord offered me a lease renewal...my Manhattan apt is rent stabilized but my paying the rent on time has not ...and they have legal grounds to keep my home of almost 20 years ..I'd tried not to worry about it..and mentioned it to a few peolple...but the lease came by certified mail just now..when my apt was buzzed and I was told it was certified mail... I thought it would be bad news and when I saw it was from the landlord I thought it was a legal notice to seize the apt...and then I thought ....it cldn't possibly be ..the lease
and it was !!!!
PRAISE GOD
it's going up 100.00 for two years...1340 for my apt

but SO grateful to have a safe home as a single woman in NYC
and and praise God for the gratitude of having
more than enough income
for this one and for a second residence in Woodstock...
I claim it in the name of Jesus
 
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Today, I am grateful that He hears and listens to every prayer that we pray.

Psalm 18:6
"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears"
 
Psalm 37
A Psalm of David.
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

I am thankful that when we delight ourselves in the Lord he promises to give us the desires of our heart.
 
I am so Grateful for The Lord's Word The Bible- I love and Trust his word! Not man's not my own understanding I trust in The Word of the Lord our God!
 
When all is confusing and despair competes with hope.....grateful God RESCUES
me every time..His MERCIES are not only new every morning
they are limitless Praise and thanks be to God

Lamentations
It's a Good Thing to Hope for Help from God
19-21I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,
the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.
I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—
the feeling of hitting the bottom.
But there's one other thing I remember,
and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22-24God's loyal love couldn't have run out,

his merciful love couldn't have dried up.
They're created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He's all I've got left.

25-27God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
It's a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from God.
It's a good thing when you're young
to stick it out through the hard times.

28-30When life is heavy and hard to take,
go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions:
Wait for hope to appear.
Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face.
The "worst" is never the worst.


52-54"Enemies with no reason to be enemies
hunted me down like a bird.
They threw me into a pit,
then pelted me with stones.
Then the rains came and filled the pit.
The water rose over my head. I said, 'It's all over.'

55-57"I called out your name, O God,
called from the bottom of the pit.
You listened when I called out, 'Don't shut your ears!
Get me out of here! Save me!'
You came close when I called out.
You said, 'It's going to be all right.'


58-60"You took my side, Master;
you brought me back alive!
 
Isaiah 40:28-31 (New King James Version)



Isaiah40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

I am thankful that the Lord increases and renews our strength and gives power to us especially when we are weak.
 
Grateful to be plead the Lord's promises tonight and anticipate the fruition
Grateful the Lord has blessed my house..my home...

Plead His Own Promise
Thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2 Samuel 7:29)
This is a promise pleaded, and so it yields double instruction to us. Anything which the Lord God has spoken we should receive as surely true and then plead it at the throne.

Oh, how sweet to quote what our own God has spoken! We are persuaded that every word of Thine is a sure foundation for the boldest expectation. We come to Thee and say, "Do as Thou hast said." Bless Thy servant's house. Heal our sick; save our hesitating ones; restore those who wander; confirm those who live in Thy fear. Lord, give us food and raiment according to Thy Word. Prosper our undertakings; especially succeed our endeavors to make known Thy gospel in our neighborhood. Make our servants Thy servants, our children Thy children. Let the blessing flow on to future generations, and as long as any of our race remains on earth may they remain true to Thee. O Lord God, "let the house of thy servant be blessed
 
Isaiah 42:16-17 (New King James Version)


16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back,
They shall be greatly ashamed,
Who trust in carved images,
Who say to the molded images,

‘ You are our gods.’

I am grateful that the Lord promises to make the crooked places straight in our lives and bring us from darkness into light.
 
Going through a much painful pruning process ..woke up praising the Lord and so am grateful ....HE wants only the best for me asking according to HIS will
and it is done....
and is pruning to offer HIS BEST to me His precious daughter


Spiritual Pruning
Written by Katherine Kehler

"He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit," John 15:2b (Holman Christian Standard Bible).


Jesus notices the dead, unfruitful branches in us and has to cut them away so we can become more fruitful. Those dead branches could be relationships that have become our first love. Perhaps a dead branch is our love for material things, maybe our attitudes, or pride in our work, ministry, or our looks. Only God knows us well enough to know which branches to cut out. But pruning hurts. And even though we will bear more fruit later, the dormant time feels like God is silent. But He isn't. He watches over us all the time.

Someone told me, "If you want to shine for Jesus, you have to be polished."

Father, thank You for knowing us so completely that You know exactly which branches to cut out, so we become more fruitful. You know which are the dead branches. We don't. Thank You for polishing us so we can shine for You — from the inside. Amen.


....The Vine and the Branches
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
 
Luke 18:1-9
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'
4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "

6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"


9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:


I am thankful that we have the promise of justice from the Lord when we persistently put our trust in him and determine within ourselves not to waver.
 
6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
Thank you ....Ultrasuedea..so needed and timely
 
I woke up with divine peace and love and security unlike my nap yestreday
I really felt the Lord God's prescence then and felt it when I wrote Psalm 37 in the Speak out Loud Promise thread.

I slept last night with my large oversize bible next to my heart and my bible had fallen open to Psalm 40... the words brought me out to a large place in my head
it was Psalm 18 as well
Grateful to walk with Lord in a LARGE PLACE in complete security and love

Psalm 18
He brought me forth also into a large place; {p} he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Psalm 40
He pulled me out of a horrible pit, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.


The cause of God's deliverance is his favour and love for us.

God, Creator of Mystery,
in the growing revelation of reality evolving around us,
we rise with gratitude into an ever larger and larger world.
Our personal life has its meaning,
and is dovetailed in all its co-evolutionary ups and downs
into the larger meaning that encompasses us.
None of us can go it alone: each has innate energies needed by all.
We give thanks to be conscious of the awesome narrative of which we are a part,
paradoxical and baffling as it is and must be.
Amen.
 
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Philippians 2:9-13 (New King James Version)
New King James Version (NKJV)

Philipians 2:9-13


9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Light Bearers

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.


I am thankful that God has given us access to the name of Jesus the name above all names and that he also gives us the gift of forgiveness for ourselves and others.
 
I am grateful to be on the walk...a lifelong and afterlife walk with my Lord

What does God expect? With the multitude of voices added to the messages of your conscience, you may feel overwhelmed. The prophet Micah makes things simple and clear:

The LORD has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
 
Very grateful that whatever the work..the Lord has given me to do on any given day..even the most quiet task... I am pleased to do my best when I can... grateful
that today,by the grace of God,I can support myself and others and grateful to be of service to to HIM

Psalm 128: 1, 2
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shall eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.



Jack sat down to supper with his family. Even after twenty years, there was something special about a meal that came from their own farm. Jack could imagine thousands of families sitting down to similar meals of produce from his farm. It made him feel like there was purpose to his life. The work was hard, there were worries about the future, but it was all worth it. The farm was Jack's life. It would never be said that Jack was not fulfilled in his work. He couldn't be happier.

Many people find no satisfaction in the work they do. Their lives lack purpose and meaning. Christians have a source of meaning in their lives. If a Christian does a job, no matter how large or small, to God's glory, then that person will find satisfaction. He is always interested in how we do our jobs. If we do our work with a joyful heart, then we are witnessing to His power in our lives and we are pleasing to Him.

Prayer:

Let me be not so concerned with the prestige of my job, or the salary it pays, or what other people think of it. Instead, assist me to always do the best that I can, to Your glory, Father. Amen.
 
Luke 6:27-35 (New King James Version)




Love Your Enemies

27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.



I am thankful that the Lord instructs us about how to deal with those who unkind to us and he is very clear about it. We are reminded that the Lord is kind even to those who are evil.
 
When there seems to be no way and under constant seige from the enenmy grateful that God is the way
and that nothing is impossible with HIM

For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37

By Dr. Richard P. Bucher

"God proved to the world that He is a God for whom nothing is impossible.
A barren senior citizen having a child? Impossible! But God caused Elizabeth to shout for joy when baby John was born. A virgin becoming pregnant and remaining a virgin? Impossible! But God made it so! God becomes man without ceasing to be God? Impossible! But Immanuel was born. God forgives all our sin and gives heaven as a gift -- without requiring any good work on our part? Impossible! But Christ the Savior is born.

You say that life seems hopeless -- or at least offers little hope. Don't you see that Christ is God's ultimate proof to you that with Him there is always hope? Don't give up, Christian! By sending Jesus Christ, God conquered the most impossible of impossibilities: OUR SIN. Any other impossibility (including the one you are facing) is nothing in His sight. "I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?" (Jer. 32:27) "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?"(Rom.8:32).

So rejoice, for with God nothing is impossible, including your impossibilities. Christ is the most glorious reminder of this life-changing truth.

The servant girl Rhoda recognized the reality of God's miraculous power. It took the rest of the believers a bit longer to accept that the “impossible” was standing in person outside the door.
King Herod decided to gain political favor with the Jews by persecuting the followers of Jesus.

The apostle James was executed, and Peter was arrested with the intent to kill him after the Passover (v. 4). Herod had a tenuous claim to his position, and was desperate to pacify the Jewish leaders and prevent any uprising that might upset Rome. To secure his prized prisoner, he ordered that Peter be guarded by four groups of four soldiers.

The believers responded with prayer (v. 5). In dramatic fashion, God sent an angel to deliver Peter from depths of Herod's security system. When Peter realized what had happened, he knew that Christians would be gathered in prayer. But here the story is presented with some humor—Peter escaped from Herod, but he can't get into Mary's house!

Rhoda heard Peter's voice, and immediately recognized the significance of his presence. Filled with joy that God had answered prayers and delivered Peter, she ran to tell the others but forgot to let Peter in. Though the believers were praying for Peter's deliverance, they couldn't believe that the answer to their prayer was actually outside the door. Peter kept knocking, and Rhoda's faith in God's miraculous deliverance was vindicated.

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TODAY ALONG THE WAYHave you been praying for something that deep down feels impossible? You know God can do anything—but your situation seems so bleak. Perhaps a devastating illness threatens you or a loved one. Or you long for a friend or family member to come to Christ. God's deliverance often doesn't look the way that we expect. Pray that God would give you the faith of Rhoda so that you can recognize His answers to your prayers.
For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37
 
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2 Kings 20
Hezekiah's Illness
1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 5 "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' "

7 Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

8 Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?"

9 Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"

10 "It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."

11 Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
Envoys From Babylon
12 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah's illness. 13 Hezekiah received the messengers and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?"
"From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came from Babylon."

15 The prophet asked, "What did they see in your palace?"
"They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD : 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. 18 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."

19 "The word of the LORD you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"

20 As for the other events of Hezekiah's reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 21 Hezekiah rested with his fathers. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.





I am thankful that the Lord is a God of second chances and that he honors our faith in him.
 
Grateful God loves me and has claimed me as HIS


For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.”
1 Samuel 12:22

Thus says the Lord: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine." ~ Isaiah 43:1 ~

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17

That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. (Ephesians 3:17


Before God created the galaxies, he dreamed of us. All that He created, He created with us in mind. He prepared a very special place where he would have communion with his greatest creation, his children. This is the kind of God who will never let us go. Why? Because His name depends on it, the integrity of who He is is at stake! He was pleased to make us His own and we are His, you can count on it!
 
While I was traveling, I was able to take in some beautiful sites of nature and realized how truly great, resourceful, and creative our God is! Today, I am thankful that we can feel God's presence and experience His greatness by simply looking at everyday wonders.

Psalms 19:1-2 (NIV)
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
 
I am grateful that God carries out the words of His servants and rebuilds our ruins.

Isaiah 44:24-26

24 "This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:
I am the LORD,
who has made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,
25 who foils the signs of false prophets
and makes fools of diviners,
who overthrows the learning of the wise
and turns it into nonsense,
26 who carries out the words of his servants
and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,'
of the towns of Judah, 'They shall be built,'
and of their ruins, 'I will restore them,'
 
I am grateful today for the Lord's presence in my life, his ever present support and abiding wisdom.



Jeremiah 51:15-16 (New International Version)


15 "He made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

16 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
 
I am grateful the Lord heard my prayers and others in need.

"God is able to make it up to you by giving you everything you need and more, so that there will not only be enough for your own needs, but plenty left over to give joyfully to others" (2 Corinthians 9:8).
 
I am grateful the Lord heard my prayers and others in need.

"God is able to make it up to you by giving you everything you need and more, so that there will not only be enough for your own needs, but plenty left over to give joyfully to others" (2 Corinthians 9:8).

This is one of the verses that I am standing on. Powerful!
 
Luke 7:6-9 He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.


I am thankful that the Lord honors our faith with real results. Each blessing reinforces our faith in what the Lord can and will do.
 
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