For several days now God has been revealing new truths to me for which I am most grateful. They have been unexpected one which I wasn’t even praying about, yet for some reason God is doing this.

Today, as I was journaling, I was lamenting that I have these character defects–sinful natures. I was connecting them, at least in my mind, to the sins of my dad and my brother and the lasting effects of them on me, even today. God in all of His Grace seemed to know it is time for this 72 year old man to see my sins as mine. I even wrote and have written, I didn’t want to be like dad or my brother. It was at this point that God’s Spirit spoke to me saying that my sinfulness is mine and dad’s sinfulness was his along with my brother’s being his. God doesn’t look at me and see dad or Rich, He sees me. He forgives my sins and sees me cleansed because of Jesus living in me. I no longer need to hang onto old thinking, God has given me His Holy Spirit to guide my thinking into new pathways–His pathways!

Wow, I sure love our Heavenly Father!