Another amazing discovery from working this book, Freedom Starts Today, is the constant presence of God Himself. Not only His Presence is notable, but the kindness within His Presence. Looking back at my own life with my earthly dad, I only see one Friday night where my dad and I had gone to a prayer meeting my senior year in high school. It was specifically for fathers to pray for their sons. I have no idea what dad prayed that night but he hugged me. This one moment has been lost in the myriad of the “other times”.

I had never intended to shield myself from God. I knew He couldn’t be like my dad or else He couldn’t be God. However, building an intimate relationship with God wasn’t going to happen and I hadn’t even realized it. Trusting Jesus and The Holy Spirit was much easier to grasp, though there were many stumbling blocks there too.

Today, the shield I’d kept around me is practically gone. Trusting God as my loving Father has become easy and extremely desirable. Today our quartet sings for a group and I am giving a brief testimony centered around the song–“God Doesn’t Care”. It is a song with a beautiful message telling that God doesn’t care what is in our past. His GRACE is sufficient to address, forgive and help us overcome any obstacle blocking the intimacy God wants to have with you and me. Just reach out and accept His Gift of GRACE!