Finally. 

Romans 16:27: To the only wise God through Jesus Christ, to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Obviously, in my most recent travels, a lot has happened to get to this point:

The marriage thing is no longer a most deplorable issue.

Why the  change? I can only cite the only wise God for that. It’s been hard, recently, very hard, but I guess that was really the only way. For Jacob to be full of blessing at the end of his days, for him to be fully transformed, it took the loss of many, many things.

For me, it’s been the dealing of my naturalness, my flesh, my concepts, and I’m sure there’s some other ones. Not that I’m completely transformed or anything, but I’m thankful in the Lord’s mercy and wisdom, He actually touched these things.

I wonder what it’s like for a patient after they wake up from a successful, major surgery. I mean they know something  incredible and life changing has happened, but there is still a long journey ahead in the aftermath.

Even so, there’s so much to be happy about.

I’m not happy about any prospects, anything that was sad or did, but I’m just happy to be touched. Happy to be a receiver of mercy. I don’t know what will happen now, not that I care, but I just praise the Lord.

Praise the One that has shepherded me all my life to this day.