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Observing how God care for you

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is one of the most intriguing creations of literary fiction. He is, quite simply, extraordinary. His famous cohort, Dr John Watson, is ordinary. Watson is often erroneously portrayed as a bumbling fool, but that flies in the face of Doyle’s attempt to make the average intelligent reader relate to Watson. In this celebrated interchange between Holmes and Watson, see which character you more closely resemble: Holmes: “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.”       Watson:      “Frequently.”       Holmes:      “How often?”       Watson:      “Well, some hundreds of times.”       Holmes:      “Then how many are there?”       Watson:      “How many? I don’t know.”       Holmes:      “Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, bec