He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.
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The optimist says, 'My cup runneth over, what a blessing.' The pessimist says, 'My cup runneth over, what a mess.'
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Romans 9:16:
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
(NIV)
So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.](AMP)
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
(KJV)
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