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Lord, Protect Me and All I Care About
ecently I had the privilege of staying in a highrise condominium right on the beach. This particular unit was on the top ?oor, and one entire side of it—which included the bedroom, living room, and dining area—was all glass and overlooked the ocean. The view was breathtaking. The ?rst morning I awakened there, I opened up the curtains and crawled back into bed to gaze out over the ocean and jot down some thoughts on a notepad. Because the condo was so high, I couldn’t see anything but ocean and sky from where I was sitting. In order to have seen the sand of the beach, I would have had to go into the living room and walk out on the balcony to look over the edge. I was deep in thought, lost in the blue of the sky and ocean, when suddenly a large airplane ?ew by my window at eye level. It was over the water but it seemed very close. The sudden appearance of something so loud and enormous nearly caused my heart to stop. I felt a surge of panic and fright so severe that it sent a sharp pain throughout my chest. I was terri?ed by what I saw and shocked at my reaction.
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