It is incredible how God works. For many years (40+) my older two daughters have longed to settle their issues with their mom. They have wanted to do this for all of their adult years. Only a couple months ago they met with her. She has begun to get her own help from her childhood which has allowed her to be vulnerable. With all this, God opened the door for an immense amount of healing to take place. Yesterday I was able to talk with my kids and hear the full story. I couldn’t help but weep with joy with them!

I’ve read through the bible many times in my lifetime, yet, this morning something became very clear to me that I’ve overlooked until now. In the little book of Galatians Paul is writing about belief vs rules. The old testament is filled with rules to follow. The new testament is all about believing. What hadn’t hit me so powerfully until this morning is that even in the old testament, the characters who are called the men of God are those who believed along with following rules. Abraham, Moses, Joshua and all of the prophets–believed. It was one thing to follow rules, believing was the foundation for these men to be called men of God. Somehow, this shouldn’t be a new thought and it isn’t. It is the reality of the firm foundation of BELIEF. I lived a long time wanting to believe and now that foundation is firm.

God just never quits with us and how grateful I am for this!

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