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Where Do The Flowers Come From?
Carl Holmes has posted a piece of stunning and disturbing beauty. Perhaps all real beauty has such an edge to it. The fragrant flowers in front of the church he visited in a poor neighborhood in India have a surprising secret.
As we walked toward the church I could not help but notice a wonderful smell of fresh flowers. It was in stark contrast to the smell of death and pain all around us. What I slowly began to realize was that out in front of the church was a wonderful patch of flowers that were thriving and growing and they were absolutely gorgeous. I was shocked to see something so sweet and inviting in the midst of the living circumstances I was seeing. Read More
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