Today I simply want to praise God and thank Him for HIs abundant blessings. As I met for the first time with a younger couple yesterday, I found myself listening to a couple telling Kathy and my story. I’ve know this couple since they married about 20 years ago. Now they have some difficulties with children and parenting and they needed some counsel. Listening to them describe their struggles I heard in my head what I’d heard my counselor tell Kathy and me many years ago. This was, “Kathy, would you be ok if I met for a period of time only with Earnie? There’s some issues I would like to address with him I believe are effecting the reasons you struggle in your marriage.” As I said this to them using their own names, the wife instantly said, “yes”. The husband just hung his head and said, “I know I need this.” We will start next week.

My “period of time” meeting with my counselor took 3.5 years. When that was done Kathy and I have never needed to go back. I no longer was processing our difficulties with a huge number of character defects I’d developed. How loving and genuinely kind our God is providing the help needed when we are willing to take the step of receiving it. Isn’t our GOD WONDERFUL!