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Finding Your Voice BY K R I STI N ARMSTRONG
I have always admired anyone with a gift for the arts — people who can paint, draw, sculpt, make music, dance, craft, imagine and create. The Bible says we aren’t supposed to covet anyone else’s gifts so I try to be grateful for the gift of words. But if God had asked me in advance, and if I were feeling
bold, I might have had the nerve to tell him that I would really like the gift of a beautiful voice. Or if I were being really greedy, I would actually like the gift of words and the voice so I could write my own stuff. When I was young, I didn’t know what gifts I had, and in my au-
i llu s t r at i o n by j oy g a ll ag h er For a limite d- e dit ion p r int , c o nta c t jo ygall agh e r@g m ail .c o m .
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