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\nLausanne, Switzerland  (Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span>
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“Before mountains were born, before You fashioned the earth and filled it with life, from ages past to distant futures, You are truly God.”<\/p>\n

Psalm 90:2, (The Voice<\/a>)<\/div>\n

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\nMore posts featuring Lausanne<\/strong>
\nTo keep our hearts in tune<\/a>
\nForgiven and forgotten<\/a>
\n3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity<\/a>
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Lausanne, Switzerland  (Photo: Irene Bom)   “Before mountains were born, before You fashioned the earth and filled it with life, from ages past to distant futures, You are truly God.” Psalm 90:2, (The Voice)     More posts featuring Lausanne To keep our hearts in tune Forgiven and forgotten 3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity … Continue reading “Before history and forever”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-8811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","tag-history"],"yoast_head":"\nBefore history and forever - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Before mountains were born, before You fashioned the earth and filled it with life, from ages past to distant futures, You are truly God." 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