Paperdolls ~Today (Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots Book)

Paperdolls ~Today (Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots Book)

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--journal entry June 17, 1989 (page 14 in original Paperdolls: Healing from Sexual Abuse in Mormon Neighborhoods)

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This is called "Invocation” and it’s from 1050 A.D. I found it in a church in Europe when I was a teenager on a semester abroad. I loved the poem so much I had it etched and it’s still a magnificent piece in my home. It reads:

God within me God without
How shall I ever be in doubt?
There is no place where I may go
And not there see God's face, not know
I am …

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