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He Gives the Best Answers

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The other night, my nieces and nephew wanted me to read stories to them before bed. I agreed, saying I needed to do my scripture-reading as well. One of them brilliantly suggested reading from The Friend , a Church magazine for young readers. The kids and I then took turns reading articles to each other. I loved it! When my turn came, I randomly selected this article and started to read it. (I mean, who wouldn't want to read an article that has a cute picture of a baby turtle?) Yet, by the time I reached the middle of the article, tears were streaming down my face, and all three kids were patting my shoulder, surely wondering why I was crying.     "He Gives the Best Answers" ~ The Friend , July 2013 When I was five years old, my mother bought me a pet turtle. One day I was outside playing with my turtle, watching it slowly crawl through the tall blades of grass. Suddenly a loud noise distracted me, and I looked away. When I looked back my turtle was go...