We can also go too far to the other side though. One Sunday a young woman at church sang a song that just sort of lifted me. It spoke to me and touched me somehow. So afterward I spoke to her and told her how much her singing meant to me. She said, “It wasn’t me, it was all God.” I don’t think that’s quite true. Sure, it all begins with God. This woman is created in His image, and He gave her the gift of a beautiful voice. But she had to work to develop that gift; she had to decide to use it in a way that honors God. That was her contribution. So it was God working through her, but that
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