Go Back and Make It Right

‘...if you are displeased, I will go back.’ Numbers 22:34 NIV A lace-maker was working on a very intricate design when she noticed a mistake at the beginning of her work. To the untrained eye it was inconspicuous and she could easily have camouflaged it, but moments...

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