Today is my daughter Amber’s birthday. She is a sweet blessing to all of us in our family. Kathy and I head back to Oklahoma in 11 days to be with her family for a couple of weeks. She is graduating from seminary and we will be there to attend it. I love watching how God uses her and how she responds to God in her life. She still has her flesh and unfortunately she says it is a lot like mine–poor thing!

It seems in this counseling world we come up against folks who have never had much trust in God or have lost what trust they had due to a number of events in their lives. My devotional today was so good and relevant to this topic. It addresses the man who brought his son possessed with a demon to Jesus for healing. Jesus asked him if he believed and he responded, “I do believe but help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24)

There is a young mother who is coming for help. This bible story fits her to the tee. She wants so much to believe (and she does as far as salvation is concerned), but to believe she is worthy of help is totally different. We are working on this and every once in a while I see glimmers of hope in her face as we do this. The steps she takes and the desires she expresses are what the father who came to Jesus saying–I believe, help thou my unbelief! I love how patient God is in helping us to chip away at this struggle. I know the struggle full well, and I also know the freedom on the other side. It is so worth all of the effort!