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An amazing thing happened to me one morning. As I started to wake up, I heard an inner voice say, “Good morning, child of God.” Though not an audible voice, the pronouncement startled me with its clarity and directness. I remained in bed thinking about what I had just heard. What did it mean? Where did it come from?