When you choose your own way, you lose your happiness
I think that__ what we are all meant to do, all we can do, with the gifts we have been given, be they experiences or talents. Those gifts are waiting to be used to touch others_ lives, as we patiently listen for and obediently follow the direction to which God is calling us. Because that__ what you do with gifts, you give them away.
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I think that__ what we are all meant to do, all we can do, with the gifts we have been given, be they experiences or talents. Those gifts are waiting to be used to touch others_ lives, as we patiently listen for and obediently follow the direction to which God is calling us. Because that__ what you do with gifts, you give them away.
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