Lost Causes

God is so good! He heals the brokenhearted, He sets the sinner free, He makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see. For Him there are no lost causes.

Today is a good day. Understatement of the year. But today I was witness to my brother and father making a conscious effort to communicate and succeeding. That is a huge leap in the right direction. It was such a blessing to me, and I was so blessed to be apart of that moment. I can only hope that God will continue to nurture their father-son relationship into one that is glorifying to Him and that He will continue to use me to reach out and extend His love to my family in my role as an older sister and a daughter.

I love my family so much. I am so blessed to have parents who are so on fire for Christ, who love each other, working at their marriage everyday, and who love us, their children unconditionally, showing us God's love through them. They are such an example to me of what I should be. They have their flaws and are readily able to confess to them. But their flaws partnered with their humbleness are part of what make me respect and love them so much.

I am blessed with a wonderful older sister and brother-in-law who I know have got my back and support me everyday, even though I don't get to see them as often as I would like. Their personalities, humor and love for each other are lighthouses for me.

My brother, so kind, generous, smart and willing to sacrifice himself to help others is so encouraging to me, and a reminder that I could learn to be more selfless.

I can only hope to be such a nurturer and light to my sister, brother and parents.

God can leave me speechless. I can only say that I am blessed, to say the least. I pray that He will continue to bring us closer together, using each of us and our own unique gifts to bond our family into a tight-knit union, all on fire for Him, and serving Him each day.

Once again I rejoice:

God is so good! He heals the brokenhearted, He sets the sinner free, He makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see. For Him, there are no lost causes.

There are no lost causes. He will carry me.