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When the Deep Ran Dark - Illustration on healing | IllustrateTheWord

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When the Deep Ran Dark

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In November of 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring at the cold water passing beneath him. Two...

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