Picture of Wisdom

 

Just the Pure

“[Two Kinds of Wisdom] Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” James 3:13 NIV


Follow the example of Christ and view His perfect life as the picture of wisdom we need to place in the frame of our lives. Remember its not about people knowing all the great things you do and have done and bragging about how great you are for helping others- IT IS- having Christ live in you and THAT show through in your actions just like Christ- with humility and loving kindness. Bless other people with your life because that is what Christ would want you to do!  God Bless You All and have a wonderfully fantastic day!!!! 

GIVE: 

                                                                             AND Some Good

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Status Update

I am sure you know of a social website where you can update your status. You can be available, busy, idle, and even invisible. What is your status with Christ? Are you busy, invisible, idle, or are you available to have a personal relationship with Him? Are you to busy with all the things and to do's of this world to have a personal relationship with the God Almighty? Are you hiding from Him because you want to remain in your sin? Have you just been idle, stuck at the same place never growing or learning about Christ just keeping the identification- Christian? Do you for go these built in statuses and make your own where you are the center of attention, it is all about you, and you get all the glory? Or are you available to cultivate, grow, and dive into the main facets and depths of our Savior, Lord, Hero, Helper, Healer, and Father?  Think about what your status is with Christ and then make your status about a constant transformation and dedication to loving, living, and moving closer to Christ. I want my status to be  permanently available- saying, I loves Jesus and am doing everything I can to be more like Him everyday. Don't you? Have a blessed week!



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Heart of Encouragement

So many people get wrapped up in their own daily activities and the day to day to do lists they forget to reach out and encourage others. Practice having a heart of encouragement. Be there to listen, send an encouraging message or Scripture, or just lend a helping hand to someone who needs help nearby. Jesus was always going out of His way to meet the needs of His people. He went so far as to die for us so we can be free and not have to pay the penalty of death for our sins. How are you encouraging others? What other things can you do to encourage those around you?

Philippians 4:13 is my encouragement to you. You can do ALL things through the Lord Jesus Christ who will strengthen you and uphold you! Have an amazing day and an awesome week!

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Live It!

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Let's try to live that way. It is easier said than done but that is how we are supposed to live. Not only as an example to others but to be filled with the hope, guidance, love, promises, and true joy that only we can have as followers and receivers of the amazing gift that is Christ Jesus. Just think on that...how freeing would it be to just live that way! Rejoicing always, praying unceasingly, and being thankful for everything. I don't know about you but that sounds like a lot of good days in a row to me :). So smile, connect with the God Almighty in a personal way by talking to Him today, and remember to thank Him for all the blessings in your life, as well as, the hardships you know He will make into glorious goodness! Have a fabulous weekend! 

Sickening Sin

Romans 3:23 says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." As I am reading the first few chapters of Romans I am flooded with a mix of emotions and reactions. I first feel crushed and saddened that we have this amazing God who has a perfect track record of constantly saving us, providing for us, and following through with His promises and we STILL sin and BREAK His heart. I still sin and that disgusts me. It is a betrayal of my Lord and my Savior who sacrificed His body, His blood, and took on pain I can't even fathom for me! But, then I read Romans 3:24-26, " and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ²⁵ God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— ²⁶ he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus" and I remember I am a sinner but Jesus was the sacrifice. If He is my Savior and I do everything I can to live for Him, His death becomes my righteousness! His blood washes me white as snow! He is the perfect lamb that was sacrificed once and for all---for everyone! Jesus is my reason for smiling every day in this fallen world and being happy because I know the best part of the story! Jesus died in my place, became my righteousness, will be my mediator, and will save me a seat in Heaven. At this point, I really am wondering why people are not throwing themselves at the opportunity to give their lives to Jesus Christ? If you haven't maybe it is time. Jesus is the best part of this world and eternity! Every second of every day I chose Jesus! You should too! 

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Hope in the Rainbows

Hope in the Rainbows

By: Amber Johnson

God knows all my needs

He sees when I bleed

Christ is always there

Showing He cares

I cry out, my tears fall

I feel so small

Yet God Almighty still hears my call

There is no place too deep

No place Christ can’t see me weep

Jesus wraps His loving arms around

All the pieces in me that are down

His love, mercy, and grace surround me

Answering my pleas

Making me see

the best place to be

is on my knees

I have hope in the rainbows

Faith that my prayers make better tomorrows

Healing me and my loved one’s sorrows

I praise the Lord

With all my heart and soul on-board

He is the reason I am restored

He is the reason I am me

He provides my every need

Makes me secure

Holds me through trials while I mature

Is there as my friend

On whom I depend

My stable rock until the end

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JUSTIFIED

Justified...just as if I never sinned.  Jesus died on the cross for ALL our sins and His glorious purifying blood covers us to make us righteous and justified before the Almighty God. Can you wrap your mind around that?  What a Savior! I could just stop there and let you contemplate that. It brings tears to my eyes. Even though I have sinned the blood of Jesus can purify me, can cleanse me, and can make me right once again. I will never be perfect but I strive to be like Christ in all I say and do. I continue to praise and thank my Savior for the gift of His blood, His justification, and making me right in the eyes of God. Praise the Lord Jesus for His sacrifice, for His love, and for the gift of bridging the gap between myself and the powerful just God. Praise and thank the Lord for washing you white as snow with His righteous blood. Praise the Lord for saving you from the sin that entangles us all. Praise Jesus for being the bridge to the Lord. Praise Him for all He is today and every day! If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior the free gift of salvation and freedom from sin is waiting for you. All you need to do is accept Jesus Christ as the King, Master, and Ruler of your life and know that Jesus died on the cross and rose again to save you from your sin. Remember it does not matter what you have done. Jesus will take you as you are and wash you white as snow with His purifying blood. 



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Monday Inspiration

Keep in mind that we always bring to our life that which we focus on most of the time.

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.” Hebrews 12:2

Have a wonderful week!

Holy Dog

This is my dog, Lucky- it is only natural that he would love Bible Study Fellowship and reading the Word of God just like his family :D. 

Prayer Time before diving into BSF…Dear Jesus, please bless this time that I am spending in your Word….

Opening up the Word of God…        

Spending Some Time in God’s Word…Okay I need to read Proverbs 6-7…

Man, where is that answer? I think I am going to skip this one during discussion time…

I think I got it, Praise the Lord!!!

Now, I just need to write it down so I can share it on Tuesday!!! Can’t wait for those hymns!

By: Amber Johnson 

 Finals are finally over :D!!! Hope you all had a great week!!! Have an amazing weekend!!! God Bless!!!

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Monday Inspiration

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.

^“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' Acts 20:35

Have a wonderful week!

Monday Inspiration

We cannot become who we need to be, by remaining who we are.

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7

Have a wonderful week!

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Wisdom's Call

Part 2: Wisdom’s Call

By: Amber Johnson

When your walls come crashing down

Do you heed wisdom’s call

Or run towards your own Sodom and Gomorrah

For comfort, for encouragement, for help

Does your pain blind you?

Do you even want to see through

the tears and the hurt?

Take your eyes and avert

Them towards Christ’s light

Take your ears and listen

To the Bible’s wisdom that’s always right

Do not let your mind focus

On the plague infested locusts

But the freedom, the salvation, and the hope

Let Christ be the rope

You climb when you need a way out

 Christ is all this life should be about

So begin to erase the sin

Allow Christ to save you from the chains

Of bondage that land you in your sin, past, and pain

Break free, answer wisdom’s call, and worship the Savior

That made a new foundation to rebuild those walls that came crashing down

Proverbs 8

Wisdom's Call

 ¹ Does not wisdom call out?
       Does not understanding raise her voice? ² On the heights along the way,
       where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
 ³ beside the gates leading into the city,
       at the entrances, she cries aloud:
 ⁴ "To you, O men, I call out;
       I raise my voice to all mankind.
 ⁵ You who are simple, gain prudence;
       you who are foolish, gain understanding.
 ⁶ Listen, for I have worthy things to say;
       I open my lips to speak what is right.
 ⁷ My mouth speaks what is true,
       for my lips detest wickedness.
 ⁸ All the words of my mouth are just;
       none of them is crooked or perverse.
 ⁹ To the discerning all of them are right;
       they are faultless to those who have knowledge.
 ¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver,
       knowledge rather than choice gold,
 ¹¹ for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
       and nothing you desire can compare with her.
 ¹² "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
       I possess knowledge and discretion.
 ¹³ To fear the LORD is to hate evil;
       I hate pride and arrogance,
       evil behavior and perverse speech.
 ¹⁴ Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
       I have understanding and power.
 ¹⁵ By me kings reign
       and rulers make laws that are just;
 ¹⁶ by me princes govern,
       and all nobles who rule on earth. ^[a]
 17 I love those who love me,
       and those who seek me find me.
 ¹⁸ With me are riches and honor,
       enduring wealth and prosperity.
 ¹⁹ My fruit is better than fine gold;
       what I yield surpasses choice silver.
 ²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,
       along the paths of justice,
 ²¹ bestowing wealth on those who love me
       and making their treasuries full.
 ²² "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, ^[b] , ^[c]
       before his deeds of old;
 ²³ I was appointed ^[d] from eternity,
       from the beginning, before the world began.
 ²⁴ When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
       when there were no springs abounding with water;
 ²⁵ before the mountains were settled in place,
       before the hills, I was given birth,
 ²⁶ before he made the earth or its fields
       or any of the dust of the world.
 ²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,
       when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
 ²⁸ when he established the clouds above
       and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
 ²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary
       so the waters would not overstep his command,
       and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
 ³⁰ Then I was the craftsman at his side.
       I was filled with delight day after day,
       rejoicing always in his presence,
 ³¹ rejoicing in his whole world
       and delighting in mankind.
 ³² "Now then, my sons, listen to me;
       blessed are those who keep my ways.
 ³³ Listen to my instruction and be wise;
       do not ignore it.
 ³⁴ Blessed is the man who listens to me,
       watching daily at my doors,
       waiting at my doorway.
 ³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life
       and receives favor from the LORD.
 ³⁶ But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
       all who hate me love death."



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Set Me Free

Part 1: Set me Free

Set me Free

By: Amber Johnson

Broken hearted

From those I have parted

Need to move

Beyond the past

I’m sinking fast

Two steps forward

One step back

Some days are great

Others I just can’t think straight

I get so tied up

I hit the ground face down

With nothing but a frown and a tear

Wondering if God’s near

What have I done to keep on remembering?

I just want to forget everything

I beg to forget

Has that time not come yet?

I want to be set free

But what’s not letting me?

I cry on bended knee

With all my begging pleas

To just Jesus be set free

From all that I think I miss

Does what I remember even exist?

I am so confused

I feel so bruised

From all the beatings

During the memory lane meetings

Where I fall

So far I can’t walk and stand tall

But have to crawl

To try to be by your side

Because I need a guide

A place to hide

You’ve seen what I’ve tried

You have seen how I’ve cried

Why can’t I just stay by your side

I can’t forget

Why does this always make me so upset?

Is there something I haven’t seen yet?

What do I need to learn?

So my heart doesn’t burn

With this turmoil of the past

That I wish I could just forget at last

Help me

Heal me

Hear me

Set me FREE

If you are hurting- run to Jesus and He will heal you, help you, and make you whole!

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100th post

I want to thank all my readers for taking the time to read my posts, as well as, commenting and getting involved in the blog. This blog is a way for me to attempt to communicate what the Lord has put on my heart and I pray I have been able to do that.

The main message summed up:
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Savior and the Lord and Master of all and I want to make that known throughout the world. Jesus is the scream out loud secret to a rich life. He is the key to everything you want in life- happiness, joy, fulfillment, purpose, life, hope, goodness, righteousness, and salvation. Jesus is the answer!!!

God Bless you all!!! Have a great weekend!!!










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I'm not a perfect person

I’m not a perfect person

By: Amber Johnson

I’m not a perfect person

I have my flaws I pray won’t worsen

I want to do what’s right

I want to be the warrior in Christ’s fight

My sin haunts me

Some days I think the lock has lost its key

That buried deep inside

Are all the things over which I’ve cried

All the things I tried to hide

That which I wish would purge

So my heart and wounds could continue to merge

Together from the brokenness, hurt, and disgust

I wish Christ never had to see

But the beauty of it all is that He still loves me!

My sin and all

To Jesus I crawl

His love protects me, calms me, and keeps me

Sin was defeated and Christ set me free

I remain on my knees

Never wanting to flee

The holy presence of my Savior

I continue to pray for His behavior

His character, Him imprinted onto my mind,

And I want Him to be all that anyone can find 

1 Timothy 1:15 (New International Version)
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.

Acts 4:12 (New International Version)
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."



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Armed with the Armor of God

      

 Armed with the Armor of God

            I hauled the helmet over my head, released my grasp on the chunk of metal and let it clash against my petite shoulders.  I continued to clothe myself with armor, snatching the handle of the fierce round shield and seizing the most important piece, the Bible.  My soul overflowed with strength gifted from above.  As I marched into my high school, others bombarded me with questions and shot down my beliefs. School life was a battle as the Jesus Freak on campus. 

Who I was in Christ was not a secret. The Lord allowed me to be bold and strong with my words and my actions. As a result, I was infamous for my love and faith in the Lord. Daily my school saw how I identified myself; not separated from Christ but one with Him. I wore a Jesus Freak bracelet, put Scripture up in my locker, and never backed down from a conversation that would prove the glory of God. These things made me extremely different. Nevertheless, because I was willing to be transformed instead of conform, the Lord used me in incomprehensible ways.

I recall many incidents when I was filled with the Holy Spirit. One event stands out in my mind. It was an overcrowded art room with three rectangular tables. Each held at least eighteen students. My teacher paced vigorously at the head of the tables.  Engrossed in the lecture I was unaware of the shuffling around me; a group of eight encircled my chair. This group previously persecuted, attacked, and questioned all that I believed. An in-class activity distracted the rest of the class from the assault.  I bowed my head, clasped my hands, and begged for the Lord’s strength and wisdom. When I opened my eyes to confront the challenge ahead, my teacher placed a Bible in my hands, and suddenly became blinded to the happenings in that corner. The other students began questioning me and, with Scripture to stand on, I defended my Lord. Eventually, the Holy Spirit broke through the barriers of their hearts. It was over an hour of exhausting ministry. As the conflict rolled to a resolution, I could see changed faces and hearts around me. 

The Lord blessed me with an overflowing peace during the battle.  However, when the group separated I shook, wept, and turned deathly pale. The story does not end there.  A majority received Christ as their Savior and regularly attended church while the others followed up with questions.

        Throughout my high school experience, the Lord used me in miraculous ways. He gave me the strength to fight armies, the wisdom to change hearts, and a passion that will never end. He continued to protect me with His armor. The Lord allowed me to see the fruit of my ministry.  Many of the students and faculty returned and told me of the new desires of their hearts, Jesus Christ.  

            Today, I am growing in my new environment at The Master’s College. I am surrounded by Christian people who are striving for the same goals. Classes, chapel, worship, and discipleship have already strengthened and changed me. I started as a warrior for Christ constantly in the fire; everything was about ministering to other people. Now I am the person being ministered to. The journey continues as Christ leads me to new schools and new environments where I am able to shout His Word and His purpose for all people from the rooftops. 

    Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Ephesians 6: 11


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A Generation that Seeks

Are you seeking the will of Jesus? So many people live their lives by their own to do lists and by what they have to do, forgetting Jesus in the busyness and chaos. The thing is our life is not our own it is the Lord's. He has freed us from sin so we can become a servant to His will. As a servant of the King we should want to do anything and everything to please Him. Do you live for and seek the Lord? Does your generation live for the Lord? What can you do to start a revival? What can you do to make the people you know and the people you can relate to look beyond their stuff, their to dos, and focus on the only thing that matters yesterday, today, and forever- Jesus Christ? People use facebook, myspace, chat, texting, emailing, and blogging to talk about the world, to talk about sin, to talk about things that do not please the Lord, and we need these people to change their focus. With these tools we need to minister, we need to reach out, we need to shout about Christ, His blessings, and His love!!! We need to reach out to all generations, to all people, and to all the world so they can have a chance to be a people that seeks Christ, a people that wants change, and a people who pray. Be the the mirror image of Christ people need to see in this sin filled, fallen, all about me, world!!!


This song Give Us Clean Hands by Chris Tomlin is about being a generation that seeks and tries to be like Christ, it has blessed me tremendously so I am sharing it with you.

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh Spirit come make us humble
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh God let this be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh Spirit come make us humble
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands--Oh God
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob

Oh God of Jacob

(Give us clean hands)

So give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands--Oh God
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob

Oh God of Jacob
Oh God of Jacob

Give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands--Oh God
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob

Oh God of Jacob

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Questions & Answers

Have you ever asked God to make something clearer? Have you ever asked the Lord for an answer to a question that has been on your mind or heart? Sometimes the answers we are looking for aren't given to us right away. I love to be organized, know what's coming, and have a back up plan for the plan. I love answers and information to help me get where I need to be in life. Yet, I have realized that life lessons don't usually get answered quickly. I don't get to ask Jesus why and get the answer without learning, without growing, and without clinging to Him with every fiber in me that He fashioned with His own hands. Tonight, I was thinking that even if everything is going well in our lives and we still don't have an answer to a question that is lingering in our minds maybe that question is there so we will follow Jesus even closer than we would had we had the answer. I have been struggling with a question I have been praying to Jesus to answer, to give me some insight on, to show me what I need to learn, or to just make it leave my mind but in all that what I realized is that I was praying, begging, and being with Christ. It never occurred to me that the question itself could be the answer! The torment of the unanswered question drove me further into the place I always long to be, at the feet of Jesus. Who knew an unanswered question would bring me so much joy and satisfaction? Finding myself on my face before the Lord, diving into Him and His Word is the greatest answer I could ever hope to receive.

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Search Me

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”- Psalm 139:23-24

God knows the depths of your heart. He sees beyond the facade you may put on for others and the mask you may even put on for yourself. He knows your passing thoughts and the thoughts you dwell on under the sun and even under the stars. The greatest thing about Him is that He does not stop at knowing us but He leads us, guides us, and helps us with the things we struggle with, the path that we are on, and in making ourselves embody His holy characteristics. He is not a God of distance but a God of relationship. He knows what causes me to worry and fear and calms them. He knows where I have gone wrong and what sin I have committed and He works to guide me and make me righteous. Without Christ I would just be a flesh body full of offensive ways, sin, and anxious thoughts. I read this Scripture and I beg Christ to make me a better person in Him. I beg Him to make my heart something that would not make Him cringe when He searched it. I beg Him to make my thoughts pleasing to Him and glorifying to His holy righteous name. I beg Him to rid me of myself and replace me with all of Him because that is the ONLY good part of me. Jesus is the best part of me  and I pray to have more of Him in my heart, in my thoughts, in my actions, and in my words every day. Thank you Lord for knowing me and my heart and loving me anyways!!! I love you Lord!!!

Remember that Jesus, despite your sin, has His arms wide open waiting for you. So if you haven't accepted Him today let Jesus into your life and begin living for Him.





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Lessons

The Lord shapes us and molds us with the people and circumstances in our lives. The past is a map of the journey that got you where you are today. There are no bad things just things that God has made good. It is hard to see this when the past can contain pain, heart break, and broken relationships but if you look closer or ask God to show you it will be made clear. Without the pain and the heart break of the people and circumstances in my life I would not be where I am today. I have learned so much about who God is and who I am. I have learned lessons that will stick with me forever. All this to say that Jesus never ceases to amaze me. Everything has grown me to the place I am now. The only thing to dwell on from the past is the growth, the good, and the glory of God. Take some time, sit down, sort out your thoughts and figure out the lessons learned. Think about the pain turned to growth, good, and glory. See how the Lord works and how He has change you into the person He wants you to be. Don't forget to thank Him for all He is in your life, for changing you into His likeness, and for always taking something that can be painful and turning it into something that is good and glorious. Jesus is my amazing Savior, Lord, life changer, and my best friend. In the end the person you should see in the mirror is not yourself but Jesus Christ. Who do you see when you look in the mirror? 



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