The Godly Power of Attachment, coming soon
by Marlene Ellingson | Sep 5, 2014
The Godly Power of Attachment, the need for It occurred to me that God designed human babies to be held, or to receive attachment. Remember little Bambi, struggling to stand up minutes after he was born? Think of mother birds, pushing their young hatchlings out of...Subscribe
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