JOY IN THE MORNING

 JOY IN THE MORNING

I wrote about the following incident a few years ago, but the message is still pertinent for current times:

It was a horrible day at work. I’m glad I didn’t let my mouth say what was blaring in my head. At least I had that much self-control. I could have flattened someone in about a minute with the words no one got to hear. I tried just about everything I could do to stay calm, be reasonable, get the peace of God working in me, but it wasn’t working. I was angry beyond the circumstances, and I didn’t know why. I’m so glad it doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I’ve learned to just hold my tongue and get through the day.

 

When I get in that state, I know it’s deeper than what’s just on the surface. It affects me so that I even forget to ask the Lord what’s going on. My emotions start ruling, so I’m not in a good receiving state to get the Lord’s solution either. But once I calm down, and I always do, He lets me know why I got so upset.

 

Sometimes it’s not even so much something inside me, as it is a reaction to the bigger atmosphere around me. Have you ever noticed that when the atmosphere around you gets agitated, you tend to get agitated as well? It’s contagious.

 

But one thing I always know is that God’s favor is on me, and David says in Psalm 30:5: “In his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” I’ve always found that to be true. The Hebrew word for “morning,” in this verse, can be translated “breaking forth of light.” The light of morning is the end of night and the darkness. Jesus tells us in John 8:12 that he is our light, “saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

 

In the next verse, David declares: “And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved” (Ps. 30:6). When we really trust the scripture, we will always be rich on the inside. To know that we can have a terrible day and that God will see to it that the next morning will be better is a true treasure. A big part of being prosperous is knowing and experiencing how fast God can turn things around for us.

 

When I calm down after a particularly rough day, I pray to the Lord that He will show me what happened and why. Even if I don’t find out all the answers right away, I know that when the light of Jesus comes, I will not only understand what happened, but I will know exactly what to do about it! That’s what it means to have a Lord who cares enough to always give us a Godly solution to any dilemma or trauma.

 

David was in a much worse situation than me. Time and time again, people were after him to kill him, and he not only had hope of joy in the morning, but he believed it with all his heart. He knew the value of joy in the morning after a bad day. We have so many things in our world that we can’t trust, but, like David, we can always trust our Almighty God that what He says is true.

 

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” (Num. 23:19).

 

If God says we can have joy in the morning, then we can. Who are we to argue with God? Wouldn’t that be sin? Rebellion?  

 

So, my lousy day ended, and I received answers as to why I reacted the way I did. I also know how to be prepared if the same type of demons try to set me up in similar circumstances. Now I am calm, thank God, and this day will be a great one! Remember this verse from Psalm 30:5 and apply it: “In his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”  

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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THE LORD OF SABAOTH STILL ROARS

THE LORD OF SABAOTH STILL ROARS

Yesterday at my weapons class, while my instructor was teaching me, the Lord Jesus was talking just as fast and pointing out the phrases that were super important to remember. Among them was, “We don’t say we want to kill them. What you are doing is stopping them from doing what they want to do!” Jesus quickly said to me, “That’s the right way to think,” and I turned to my instructor and said those exact words to him. I instantly thought about God as He is described in the Bible many times as “the Lord of Sabaoth, “the Lord of hosts.” If you look up the word “hosts” in the Concordance, you see that it is “that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host

1.      army, host

1.      host (of an organised army)

2.      host (of angels)

3.      of sun, moon, and stars

4.      of whole creation

2.      war, warfare, service, go out to war.”

 

God doesn’t go out to war out of a motive of hatred, but instead, out of love for His people. He has righteous anger toward His and our enemies and gets furious when His people get hurt, oppressed, and treated wrongfully. We need to understand the truth about the Lord of Sabaoth.

 

Once in Chicago, before I knew how the Lord of Sabaoth works, my friend Jane and I were riding in the El Train and a girl who was much taller and bigger than me was sitting across from us. She got this evil look on her face and she started throwing lit cigarettes at Jane. I asked her to stop, which just got her doing it more. I didn’t hate the girl, didn’t want to kill her, but just wanted to stop her from what she wanted to do.

 

A fury came up in me that was not from me. I got up from the seat, grabbed this big tall girl by the front of her shirt and physically pushed her up against the wall. She stopped and that was the end of the story. We got off at the next stop.

 

Knowing about the Lord of Sabaoth is certainly not an excuse for justifying anger. The only way to really know if it’s your anger or God’s is to study the Lord of Sabaoth from the Bible and ask God to show you in your own life experience.

 

There are lots of examples in the Bible of how the Lord of Sabaoth works. Take the record of what happened with Sodom and Gomorrah as recorded in Genesis 18 and 19, for instance. Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was living there. He allowed all kinds of evil to take place, and he never stood against it. Finally, it got so bad that even the earth itself couldn’t take it. The Lord of Sabaoth, the Lord of hosts, was there, and only Lot and his children were saved. Paul states: “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah” (Rom. 9:29). 

 

It was the Lord of Sabaoth, the Lord of hosts, behind the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the saving of Lot. Do you see both sides of the Lord of Sabaoth here? Yes! The Lord destroys the enemy and rescues His own. The hosts in this situation were the physical elements of destruction—fire and brimstone in and above the earth, and the angels that came to rescue Lot and his family.

 

Another example is with Noah: “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6:5). Man became so evil that he corrupted everything, including the earth itself. Man was given dominion over the earth, and sin continues to affect it in a destructive way. The Lord of hosts was there with the flood, to destroy the evil, and save Noah and his family. 

 

The following section of Psalms 18 describes to us a spectacular record of God working as the Lord of Sabaoth to rescue David from the oppression of evil men. He is willing to do the same for us.

 

David says:

 

“I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented [were before] me.

 

“In my distress, I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth.

 

“There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also and came down: and the darkness was under his feet.

 

“And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind…. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire…. He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me” (Ps. 18:3-17).”

 

Yes, there are times when things or people are too much for us. We can’t handle everything. Some things are too much for even the strongest of us, and God can only put up with so much abuse toward His people. It is then that the attributes of God as the Lord of Sabaoth go into high gear. 

 

So how does this apply today? The Lord of Sabaoth still roars. As Christians, we have God in Christ in us. That means that every aspect, every characteristic of God, is in us, including the Lord of Sabaoth. David didn’t have this.

 

God, in Christ, in an individual, wasn’t available in Old Testament times, but He is now. Think about it. Have you ever felt so angry that you could hardly contain it? I’m not talking about fleshly anger. I’m talking about a spiritual anger, a holy anger, an anger that rises up from deep inside you, an anger that is unusual, kind of just out of nowhere. You might even wonder, “Why am I sooo angry?” That’s the Lord of Sabaoth.

 

We’ve got to get to where we recognize the Lord of Sabaoth. If no one has the guts to allow the Lord of Sabaoth to operate, then the devil will just continue to walk all over God’s people and hurt them and abuse them just like with Lot, Noah, and David, and the devil will have the opportunity to win in their lives.

 

In Isaiah and Jeremiah, God says we are the watchmen on the towers of the city walls, there to watch and sound the alarm when the enemy comes against God’s people. In Ezekiel 22:30, God said He looked for someone to stand up for His people, but there was no one. Philippians 2:13 says: “For it is God which worketh in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” His good pleasure is to protect, save, and deliver, as well as give hugs and kisses. Adam didn’t protect the Garden of Eden. He was a wimp, and look what a mess became of that.

 

Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:26: “Be ye angry and sin not.” In the notes for The Companion Bible, E.W. Bullinger explains that the word “angry” is in the imperative mood, [which indicates a command or strong request], and it is a positive command showing that righteous indignation is referred to. We are to allow the Lord of Sabaoth to work in us and not be afraid of it or second-guess ourselves. We need to just let it fly, knowing that it is in love that we act, to defend, protect, and rescue. The Lord is willing to teach us how to know the difference between our own anger and His. Our part is to believe and step out in faith.

 

Recognizing and allowing the workings of the Lord of Sabaoth in our lives is an important aspect of our spiritual growth.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

Here are some other places in the Bible that you can learn about the Lord of Sabaoth:

Lord of Sabaoth, Lord of Hosts:

1 Samuel 1:11,1 Samuel 15:1-3,1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Kings 19:3, 1 Chronicles 11:9, Psalm 24:10, Psalm 46:7, Psalm 59:5, Psalm 84:12, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 10:33-34, Isaiah 13:4, 13, Isaiah 14:27, Amos 4:13, Amos 5:15, Zephaniah 2:9, Haggai 2:6, 8, Malachi 1:14

Watchmen:

Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 62:6, Jeremiah 61:7, Jeremiah 51:12, Ezekiel 22:30  

Power in us:

John 17:23, Galatians 2:2, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 1:27, Ephesians 1:18-20

 

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OUR HEAVENLY FATHER’S BLESSINGS GO OVER THE TOP

My friend Hector came over after work one day to cut some of the branches off my mulberry trees—the ones that were hanging over the roof of the house. I was picturing maybe six branches max, but the Lord had something else in mind. Hector became God’s fulfillment of Ephesians 3:20 (CEB version): “Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us.”

 

Hector stood back and looked at my trees with the eyes of an expert artist, and he began to sculpt away. By the time he was finished with the first tree, it was perfect AND... the pile of branches began to grow high. He cut, and I pulled the limbs and branches to the side and started making piles.

 

Then we started on the second tree, and this one presented a few more problems—dead branches at the top, crisscrossing branches, etc. So, Hector took off the major ones and came back a couple of days later to finish up.

 

Deuteronomy 28:2 tells us: “And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.” That’s how I felt. I was given the ultimate tree-trimming job, when I only expected a few branches to be cut. I could picture Jesus standing there with a big smile on His face, saying, “That’s what I wanted, for my girl to be blessed and surprised, over the top!”

 

One of the Hebrew names used for God in the Old Testament is El Shaddai. It means the “God of more than enough.” And God delights in overflow. That’s what it was for me with the tree trimming, and I was so happy.

 

Psalm 23:5 says: “God preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: God anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” It’s God’s delight to give us more than enough—to overflow us with spiritual anointings, supernatural wisdom, love, mercy, and much, much more. And many times, He’ll work through people who are willing to pass on His El Shaddai blessings.

 

I shed tears of joy thanking the Lord for sending me Hector to help me and do way more than I expected, in a truly El Shaddai way, to carry out God’s will to bless me. And of course, I thanked Hector too, with a nice big check and lunch for him and his wife. 😊

 

Have a great Father’s Day today, and take special notice of how our loving Father, in the aspect of El Shaddai, blesses your life this week.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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A TIP TO ENHANCING YOUR SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY

A TIP TO ENHANCING YOUR SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY

Genesis 24:40 is one of the scriptures I pray every morning. It gets me to expect the Lord to interact with me in a supernatural way every day, and He does.    

 

The context of this scripture is when Abraham wanted his servant to go back to Abraham’s homeland to find a wife for his son, Isaac. Abraham was sending his best servant, along with other servants, and camels loaded with riches for the dowry. It was well known that there were bandits along the route, and it could be a very dangerous trip.

 

We never know what a day can bring, but there’s a great thing God teaches us early on in the Bible, in Genesis 24:40. It’s a very important life-enriching key God wants us to believe and trust in.

 

Abraham’s servant arrives safely in Abraham’s homeland and tells the story of what Abraham told him before he left: “And he said unto me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way’” (v. 24:40a).

 

We have angels available to us, too. And we have “Christ in us,” as it says in Colossians 1:27. God sent an angel ahead of the servant to “prosper” his way—no bandits stealing from him, no major injuries, but instead, a good and successful journey. Can you see why I pray this scripture every morning, for every day?!

 

But there’s another part of this scripture that is equally important to having a great journey. The second half says: “and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house’” (v. 24:40b). The servant did find the perfect wife for Isaac. Not only was the journey good, but he reached his Godly destination! Isn’t that what our hearts desire from our life experience every day—to reach our Godly destinations?

 

What the Almighty God made available to Abraham’s servant, is what he makes available to us today. God put this in the first book of the Bible for a reason, and He has not changed His mind about it one bit!

 

Here are just two incidents that happened this week, illustrating this important key of praying Gen. 24:40 at the start of our day:

 

Wednesday of last week, we were delayed for just a few minutes in getting out of the house at our usual time.  As it turns out, there was a huge accident at a busy corner near our house—three police cars, a fire engine, and the EMTs lifting someone into the ambulance. Had we been at that corner any sooner, we would have been in that accident!

 

Yesterday we went to our favorite grocery store. Our friend Stella has been promoted to a higher position in a different store, and when we didn’t see her on what we thought was her last day earlier this week, we were super disappointed.  So yesterday, when we went, we were kind of down in the dumps about Stella not being there anymore. But then, out she came, and it happened that the Lord got us there only five minutes before she was leaving the store for good! So, we got to exchange numbers and say our goodbyes.

 

How does it happen that we were minutes from being in an accident, and got to see our friend in the few minutes before she would be gone?

 

I could give you several other incidents from this past week that illustrate this important key, but I’m sure you can think of wonderful things that you have seen in your own lives, as well. If you want to start seeing even more, I encourage you to start praying this scripture at the beginning of your day, and let me know what happens.

 

“And he said unto me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way [and get me to my Godly destinations] (my add)’” (Gen. 24:40).

 

Enjoy your journeys and successful outcomes this week.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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HONORING THE TRANSITION FROM CHILD TO YOUNG ADULT

HONORING THE TRANSITION FROM CHILD TO YOUNG ADULT

A few years ago, I was invited by a coworker to her daughter's Quinceañera. It has its cultural roots in Mesoamerica and is widely celebrated today throughout the Americas. Traditionally, it is a gift from the father to his daughter on her fifteenth birthday. As I was driving over to the event, I was thinking about how important it is for a teenage girl to be honored. And to be respected by her father first, but also by her mother, her family, and other adults, can be paramount to a young girl’s future. Teenage girls are fragile. What happens to a teen girl has a lasting effect. Her relationships with men in the future will show reflections of how her relationships went with her father, brothers, and other men in her teenage life.

 

Boys go through changes when they become young men, and I believe they should be honored and recognized, too.

 

I believe that events (big or small) that bring families together to take special notice and give honor to a child transitioning to adulthood can be instrumental in giving teens courage, confidence, and assurance of a good future, with the support of adults who have gone before.

 

I believe that there should be mention of God and the Lord Jesus as the sovereign guide of their future, and the Bible principles as their ultimate standard for every decision.

 

“In Luke 2, the Bible gives us a short synopsis of Jesus’s transition. He had to go from being a child, a teen, and an adult, just like the rest of us.

 

“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.  And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast” (Luke 2:41-42).

 

At this feast, the Hebrews celebrated the great Exodus from Egypt, and how, when the angel of death slew the firstborn of all the Egyptians, he “passed over” the children of the Israelites. 

 

“And when they [Joseph and Mary] had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances.

 

“And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions” (Luke 2:43-46).

 

Just like any teenager, Jesus found something that fascinated him and distracted his attention away from his parents. He must have thought it was much more interesting to hang out with the teachers than to stay with his parents.  

 

“And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers” (Luke 2: 47).  Here we see that the Jewish rabbis honored him. And isn’t that just the case sometimes? The parents can’t see how amazing their kids are, but other adults see and go on and on, lavishing the kids with praise.

 

“And when they [the parents] saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, ‘Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.’

 

“And he said unto them, ‘How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?’  And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them” (Luke 2:48-50).

 

“And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.” Here we see that Jesus, as a teenager, was generally obedient to his parents, and that’s a great teaching lesson for teenagers. The other thing is that Mary thought about what was now happening in this transitional phase in her son’s life. She was taking time to really look at her son, not just as a child, but as he was turning into an adult.

 

We see in the next verse that Jesus truly was becoming a man. I don’t know if, in the Bible, any formal celebrations took place surrounding the time of transition. Jewish Bar Mitzvahs started in thirteenth-century France. What we know is that the Bible says that shortly after the incident in Jerusalem when Jesus was twelve years old, he was honored by God and by men.

 

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” (Luke 2:41-52)

 

Parents, if you haven’t already done it, how about considering some kind of special event, even if small, to give your transitioning child some special honor, recognition, and assurance of support for whatever he or she may desire for the future. Every teen deserves the stability of not only an adult’s love but maybe even more, their respect and honor.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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WALKING BY THE SPIRIT

WALKING BY THE SPIRIT

It’s Memorial Day weekend and a lot of people have come here to Vegas for a few days of fun and relaxation. But when I woke up yesterday morning, the sky was full of clouds and some of them were ominous rain clouds. I didn’t want that for the people, and I was urged by the holy spirit to pray. Recently I’ve learned some new things about vaporizing, so I asked the Lord to split up the particles in the clouds into vapor form. Within the hour, I was out watering my sunflowers and looked up to see a sunny sky and only a small ring of clouds around the edges of our city, and it stayed that way all day!

 

I knew that when the Lord urged me to get rid of the clouds it would happen because I’d done it before, on a rock-climbing trip. Right when we were about to start up the mountain, it started to pour down rain. The Lord told me it was because the people were afraid of climbing. But He wanted us to get over our fears, so He told me to pray. I did, and the clouds spread out and the rain stopped. Because of this supernatural experience before, it was that much easier to believe and act on what He told me yesterday.

 

That’s how it works. We step out when we have the slightest spiritual urging, and the Lord supports us! We have holy spirit in us, and we learn by doing.

 

Sure, we may make a few mistakes, but Romans 8:1 tells us that the Lord doesn’t condemn us. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

 

And Galatians 5:25 tells us that if we are attempting to live in a spiritual way, then we need to step up and take a chance on the actions He inspires. The results are beautiful. “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

 

The more we practice responding to the Holy Spirit’s voice, vibrations, urges, and nudges, the better we get at it. Philippians 2:13 says: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” And His good pleasure is to bless us and see His goodness spread throughout the earth.

 

“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psa. 37:4).

 

It was a blessing to be a partner with the Lord on giving the Las Vegas visitors a sunny day, when the devil wanted to make it gloomy. We are always winners with the Lord. Let’s see what beautiful things happen this week as we obey the Lord’s urges and walk by the spirit.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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WHO PROTECTS A SCRAPPER?

WHO PROTECTS A SCRAPPER?

By the age of four, I was a scrapper. Some called it selfish, but for me, it was self-preservation. At four years old, I had a two-year-old brother and a one-year-old sister. I could see this wasn’t working out for me, so I wrapped all my favorite stuffed animals and toys, as well as my clothes, in a blue blanket and headed out the door and down the driveway. I didn’t get very far before mom coaxed me back, announcing that my favorite TV show was about to start.

 

My first day in kindergarten, I bit a girl on the arm when she cut in front of me to get on the swing. The teacher called my parents.

 

I learned early on that dad was busy working late, mom had to take care of my younger siblings, and I had to fight for myself. When some older neighborhood kids tied me up and locked me in their garage with a hose underneath the door so they could torment me with threats from outside, there was no one to come to the rescue. I screamed in terror at the top of my lungs until the older kids let me out. I’m not sure if my parents ever even knew about that.

 

In sixth grade, when the boys made fun of me, I wrestled Lex Garcia to the ground, pinning him down so he couldn’t get up till the teacher made me get off him.

 

Being a scrapper, I grew up fighting for myself. Then, when I became a Christian, I fought for my friends and the people I loved. I still do, just different weapons.

 

I don’t blame anyone in my family for not making me feel protected. Those early years jaded my thinking, and I was pretty good at hiding my feelings. I grew a hard shell and a tough persona. I didn’t have the feeling or experience of a father who fought for me, or a big brother either. They probably didn’t know I was in so much trouble, or they felt I was tough enough on my own. I always felt I was on my own. And even with God, I knew He would eventually bring justice to pass, but not quickly. Until now.

 

There was an incident at work where I was being accused of something I didn’t do, and the rumors were being spread. Suddenly, the hair on my arms stood up, and the hackles of my mind rose up, ready to fight.  Isaiah 51:20 describes it perfectly: “Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of fury.” That was me.

 

I felt like I was right back in that garage, little Carolyn, tied up, terrified, and enraged. I did my best to hold my tongue, but some descriptive words did slip out! But this time was different. My Father God and my big brother Jesus brought swift judgment on those who would bully me and bring me down. Those who accused me were exposed and taken down.

 

In all my life, I’ve never seen it happen so fast! I was shocked, and I’ll never again doubt that God has my back. He has your back, too. He is a great, great father!

 

If you have a father in the natural who you know has got your back, you are a very blessed person. And if you are a father, try to be this person for your kids.

 

If you’ve never felt the protection of a father or big brother in your natural life, then I am praying that if you ever have a demoralizing situation like I had, you will also experience the protection, love, care, and avenging, like I did. God’s fatherly actions and Jesus’ brotherly interceding are unmistakable and life-changing.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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