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  <strong>A good many people have to die — to be appreciated</strong><br />
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&quot;About that time she became sick and <em>died</em>. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other garments <em>Dorcas </em>had made for them.&quot; Acts 9:37,39 <br />
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<strong>A good many people have to die — to be appreciated</strong>. They go through the world living quietly, devoted to the interests of those who are dear to them, seeking no recognition. They are <em>merely commonplace people</em>, and so are allowed to love and serve without appreciation.<br />
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But one day they are missed from their accustomed place — their work on earth is done — and they are gone! Then <strong>the empty place</strong> reveals the value of the blessing they have been. In their absence, people learn for the first time — the value of the services they had been accustomed to receive from them.