The Goodness Story

Karen and Sharon

There’s power in story.

“Two babies?” The surprise birth of twin girls. My parents didn’t know. The doctor didn’t know.

But God knew my sister and me from the beginning. As He knit us together in the womb, He began writing our story.

Double bottles, double diapers, double everything, including double trouble.

But one day there would be a double blessing.

My Story

Events shape our stories. Words frame our perspective. Yet our hearts reflect.

• Event: Our parents part ways and we stay with our mother. For a few years, my father is absent from my story. Heart Reflection: Am I lovable? 
• Words (from a teacher): “That’s not good enough.” Heart Reflection: Am I good enough?
• Event and Words: My father, an atheist, comes back into my life proclaiming, “There’s not a God.” Heart Reflection: Is there a God? Am I good enough for God to love me?
• Words (promising rewards): “If you’re good, then you can….” Heart Reflection: I disappoint her. I let him down.

At sixteen, my sister and I met the one true God—this was the double blessing. God’s real and He loves me. I became acquainted with God as my heavenly Father. In knowing God, I discovered attributes of His character.

God is hope. God is just. God is holy. God is love. God is good.

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