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peace<00:12:40.559><c> that</c><00:12:41.100><c> we</c><00:12:41.360><c> enjoy,</c><00:12:42.720><c> being</c><00:12:43.019><c> hopeful,</c>

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knowing<00:12:44.779><c> that</c><00:12:45.080><c> truth</c><00:12:45.299><c> is</c><00:12:45.600><c> before</c><00:12:45.899><c> us,</c><00:12:46.480><c> in</c><00:12:46.779><c> us.</c>

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I<00:12:49.679><c> won't</c><00:12:49.860><c> give</c><00:12:50.100><c> up</c><00:12:50.299><c> on</c><00:12:50.480><c> him.</c>

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I<00:12:52.059><c> will</c><00:12:52.220><c> continue</c><00:12:52.559><c> to</c><00:12:52.720><c> be</c><00:12:52.899><c> different,</c><00:12:54.740><c> not</c><00:12:54.940><c> of</c><00:12:55.139><c> the</c><00:12:55.320><c> world,</c><00:12:55.580><c> but</c><00:12:55.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:59.580><c> choice</c><00:12:59.820><c> to</c><00:13:00.019><c> be</c><00:13:00.379><c> different</c><00:13:00.659><c> also,</c><00:13:01.639><c> to</c><00:13:01.960><c> choose</c><00:13:02.220><c> God.</c>

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I'd<00:13:05.220><c> like</c><00:13:05.259><c> to</c><00:13:05.480><c> close</c><00:13:05.659><c> by</c><00:13:05.860><c> reading</c><00:13:06.120><c> a</c><00:13:06.340><c> reflection</c><00:13:06.779><c> from</c><00:13:07.120><c> the</c><00:13:07.379><c> tidings</c><00:13:07.740><c> from</c><00:13:08.019><c> April</c><00:13:08.399><c> of</c><00:13:08.740><c> 1994.</c>

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It's<00:13:11.460><c> written</c><00:13:11.600><c> by,</c><00:13:11.919><c> I</c><00:13:12.080><c> believe,</c><00:13:12.399><c> a</c><00:13:12.480><c> brother,</c><00:13:13.799><c> Don</c><00:13:13.879><c> Darley,</c>

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and<00:13:15.299><c> it's</c><00:13:15.539><c> entitled</c><00:13:16.019><c> The</c><00:13:16.580><c> Dragonfly.</c>

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While<00:13:22.259><c> relaxing</c><00:13:22.679><c> at</c><00:13:22.860><c> the</c><00:13:23.059><c> water's</c><00:13:23.419><c> edge</c><00:13:23.580><c> one</c><00:13:23.879><c> warm</c><00:13:24.240><c> spring</c><00:13:24.559><c> morning,</c><00:13:25.620><c> I</c>

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watched<00:13:25.980><c> a</c><00:13:26.259><c> large</c><00:13:26.539><c> aquatic</c>

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beetle<00:13:27.320><c> crawl</c><00:13:27.659><c> out</c><00:13:27.879><c> of</c><00:13:27.940><c> the</c><00:13:28.159><c> water</c><00:13:28.379><c> and</c><00:13:28.559><c> up</c><00:13:28.879><c> the</c><00:13:29.159><c> side</c><00:13:29.299><c> of</c><00:13:29.480><c> the</c><00:13:29.639><c> dock.</c>

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This<00:13:31.519><c> was</c><00:13:31.759><c> its</c><00:13:31.940><c> first</c><00:13:32.259><c> experience</c><00:13:32.840><c> of</c><00:13:33.019><c> the</c><00:13:33.240><c> world</c><00:13:33.580><c> out</c><00:13:33.860><c> of</c><00:13:33.980><c> the</c><00:13:34.159><c> water.</c>

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Not<00:13:36.259><c> accustomed</c><00:13:36.779><c> to</c><00:13:37.039><c> its</c><00:13:37.279><c> own</c><00:13:37.480><c> weight,</c><00:13:37.720><c> it</c><00:13:37.779><c> moved</c><00:13:38.000><c> heavily,</c>

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with<00:13:38.820><c> shuffling</c><00:13:39.159><c> legs</c><00:13:39.539><c> and</c><00:13:39.820><c> clinging</c>

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feet.

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It<00:13:41.840><c> had</c><00:13:42.100><c> not</c><00:13:42.279><c> moved</c><00:13:42.519><c> far</c><00:13:42.799><c> before</c><00:13:43.139><c> stopping</c><00:13:43.620><c> to</c><00:13:44.139><c> hug</c><00:13:44.360><c> the</c><00:13:44.620><c> warm</c><00:13:44.820><c> wood.</c>

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An<00:13:47.080><c> hour</c><00:13:47.259><c> later,</c><00:13:47.620><c> it</c><00:13:47.919><c> began</c><00:13:48.139><c> to</c><00:13:48.440><c> dry.</c>

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As<00:13:50.000><c> it</c><00:13:50.279><c> dried,</c><00:13:51.220><c> a</c><00:13:51.460><c> small</c><00:13:51.779><c> slit</c><00:13:52.059><c> appeared</c><00:13:52.879><c> on</c><00:13:53.100><c> the</c><00:13:53.259><c> back</c><00:13:53.419><c> of</c><00:13:53.600><c> its</c><00:13:53.779><c> head.</c>

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As<00:13:56.240><c> the</c><00:13:56.480><c> slit</c><00:13:56.600><c> widened,</c><00:13:57.399><c> a</c><00:13:57.519><c> new</c><00:13:57.779><c> fresh</c><00:13:58.039><c> head</c><00:13:58.259><c> began</c><00:13:58.620><c> to</c><00:13:58.919><c> show,</c>

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quite<00:13:59.940><c> unlike</c><00:14:00.179><c> the</c><00:14:00.419><c> beetle</c><00:14:00.600><c> head.</c>

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Slowly,<00:14:02.740><c> the</c><00:14:02.740><c> slit</c><00:14:02.940><c> opened</c><00:14:03.460><c> down</c><00:14:04.059><c> its</c><00:14:04.340><c> back</c><00:14:04.720><c> and</c><00:14:05.019><c> the</c><00:14:05.220><c> creature</c><00:14:05.559><c> inside</c>

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struggled<00:14:06.480><c> to</c><00:14:06.639><c> get</c><00:14:06.820><c> out.</c>

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Fresh,<00:14:09.039><c> agile</c><00:14:09.440><c> legs</c><00:14:09.840><c> popped</c><00:14:10.200><c> out</c><00:14:10.500><c> and</c><00:14:10.700><c> pulled</c><00:14:10.940><c> the</c><00:14:11.120><c> new</c><00:14:11.320><c> creature</c><00:14:11.620><c> free</c>

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of<00:14:12.799><c> its</c><00:14:12.980><c> old</c><00:14:13.240><c> self.</c>

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From<00:14:15.940><c> the</c><00:14:16.200><c> sides</c><00:14:16.460><c> of</c><00:14:16.659><c> this</c><00:14:16.899><c> new</c><00:14:17.080><c> creature,</c><00:14:17.559><c> slowly</c><00:14:17.980><c> at</c><00:14:18.279><c> first,</c>

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then<00:14:19.679><c> in</c><00:14:19.919><c> small</c><00:14:20.139><c> jerks,</c><00:14:20.860><c> little</c><00:14:20.980><c> wings</c>

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unfolded.

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There<00:14:23.720><c> were</c><00:14:23.919><c> tiny</c><00:14:24.200><c> veins</c><00:14:24.539><c> that</c><00:14:24.840><c> began</c><00:14:25.299><c> to</c><00:14:25.740><c> fill</c><00:14:25.860><c> with</c><00:14:26.120><c> air.</c>

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Another<00:14:27.879><c> hour</c><00:14:28.240><c> passed.</c>

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The<00:14:29.960><c> wings</c><00:14:30.220><c> slowly</c><00:14:30.740><c> straightened</c><00:14:31.480><c> and</c><00:14:31.840><c> stretched</c><00:14:32.059><c> out</c><00:14:32.320><c> to</c>

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full<00:14:32.759><c> size.</c>

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They<00:14:35.440><c> began</c><00:14:35.639><c> to</c><00:14:35.919><c> fan</c><00:14:36.080><c> the</c><00:14:36.360><c> air</c><00:14:36.539><c> in</c><00:14:36.720><c> a</c><00:14:36.860><c> gentle</c><00:14:37.220><c> manner</c><00:14:37.539><c> in</c><00:14:37.700><c> order</c>

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to<00:14:38.200><c> dry</c><00:14:38.399><c> them.</c>

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Each<00:14:40.759><c> movement</c><00:14:41.220><c> was</c><00:14:42.659><c> being</c><00:14:43.179><c> made</c><00:14:43.559><c> for</c><00:14:43.940><c> a</c><00:14:44.019><c> first</c><00:14:44.279><c> time,</c><00:14:45.340><c> but</c>

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seems<00:14:45.860><c> wholly</c><00:14:46.299><c> effortless.</c>

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Then,<00:14:49.120><c> quickly,</c><00:14:49.799><c> without</c><00:14:49.919><c> ever</c><00:14:50.220><c> having</c><00:14:50.539><c> flown</c><00:14:50.740><c> before,</c><00:14:52.100><c> it</c>

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took<00:14:52.480><c> off,</c><00:14:53.059><c> flying</c><00:14:53.419><c> gracefully</c><00:14:54.039><c> for</c><00:14:54.240><c> ten</c><00:14:54.460><c> feet.</c>

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It<00:14:56.620><c> all</c><00:14:56.879><c> came</c><00:14:57.139><c> to</c><00:14:57.340><c> a</c><00:14:57.500><c> rapid</c><00:14:57.820><c> end.</c>

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However,<00:14:59.879><c> as</c><00:15:00.120><c> this</c><00:15:00.320><c> wondrous</c><00:15:00.659><c> creature</c><00:15:01.059><c> thrilled</c><00:15:01.580><c> to</c><00:15:01.899><c> the</c><00:15:02.120><c> freedom</c><00:15:02.360><c> of</c>

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flight,<00:15:04.360><c> a</c><00:15:04.519><c> predatory</c><00:15:05.019><c> bird</c>

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swooped<00:15:05.840><c> down</c><00:15:06.399><c> and</c><00:15:06.720><c> seized</c><00:15:06.980><c> it</c><00:15:07.340><c> in</c><00:15:07.460><c> midair.</c>

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Saddened,<00:15:10.419><c> I</c><00:15:10.440><c> asked</c><00:15:10.659><c> myself,</c><00:15:12.620><c> is</c><00:15:12.759><c> this</c><00:15:13.000><c> fair?</c>

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We<00:15:20.580><c> have</c><00:15:20.840><c> choices.</c>

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The<00:15:22.259><c> insect</c><00:15:22.620><c> had</c><00:15:22.879><c> none.</c>

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to<00:15:29.700><c> salvation</c><00:15:30.320><c> made</c><00:15:30.700><c> available</c><00:15:31.080><c> to</c><00:15:31.360><c> us</c><00:15:31.559><c> through</c>

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God's<00:15:32.220><c> beloved</c><00:15:32.519><c> Son.</c>

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But<00:15:35.340><c> what</c><00:15:35.519><c> of</c><00:15:35.620><c> that</c><00:15:35.899><c> remarkable</c><00:15:36.419><c> change?</c>

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We<00:15:38.600><c> can</c><00:15:38.759><c> look</c><00:15:39.019><c> forward</c><00:15:39.419><c> to</c><00:15:39.639><c> something</c><00:15:39.940><c> like</c><00:15:40.320><c> that,</c><00:15:41.460><c> a</c><00:15:41.740><c> change</c>

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from<00:15:42.379><c> perishable</c><00:15:43.019><c> mortality</c><00:15:43.720><c> to</c><00:15:44.799><c> glory</c>

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and<00:15:45.759><c> immortality</c><00:15:46.720><c> without</c><00:15:47.080><c> fear</c><00:15:48.039><c> of</c><00:15:48.460><c> predators,</c><00:15:49.840><c> if</c><00:15:50.019><c> we</c><00:15:50.179><c> are</c>

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faithful<00:15:50.919><c> and</c><00:15:51.440><c> steadfast.</c>