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Genèse 32:24

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24 Jacob demeura seul. Alors un homme lutta avec lui jusqu'au lever de l'aurore.

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Fake It Until You Make It

By Todd Beiswenger

Jacob wrestles with an angel, from a fresco by Eugène Delacroix in Église Saint-Sulpice (Paris), 1861.


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When we decide that we want a new life, we have to LIVE it. Sometimes this means we're faking our responses and actions, but as long as we're faking it with the intention to make it, God will turn that fake feeling into a real one.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4281, 6592, 8389, 8588; Conjugial Love 281; Genesis 32:22-31, 50:24-25)