God in a life

"Mom, tell me about the time when..." How often I've heard this from my daughter in her growing-up years, and how many times I asked that of my own mom. We all love a true story, don't we? Blogging is such a great medium for sharing the immediacy of our lives--what we did today, what we're thinking about, etc. It's gives readers a sense of real-time connection with the writer, instead of the distance we feel with articles or books, for example. I like that, but sometimes I wonder about the larger context of those writers' lives. Where did they grow up? What was their family like? Each of us has a story, one that made us who we are, a story that God Himself wrote with love and design. Fascinating, inspiring, no two alike. So I've decided that from time to time I'll share something here of my own story. It's good for me to remember the great goodness of the Lord in every step of my life, good to give Him the credit for a faithfu