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The Sweetness of Accomplished Desire in the Soul - Illustration on joy | IllustrateTheWord

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The Sweetness of Accomplished Desire in the Soul

By Joseph S. ExellSource: archive.org229 wordsAI-crafted by ChurchWiseAI

John Locke defined it as "the uneasiness which a man feels within him on the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries delight with it." Our desires reveal our destiny.

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Proverbs 13:19

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