He put His two thumbs to my eyes while He wiped the tears from my
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He put His two thumbs to my eyes while He wiped the tears from my face; admonishing me not to cry, that one must always be happy. And He laughed. Such a ringing, boyish laugh. It was as though He had discovered the most delightful joke imaginable: a divine joke which only He could appreciate.
Source: Howard Colby Ives, Portals to Freedom, p. 32
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