Quoted in Josh's Induction:

My forgiveness allowed me to ask from my parents what I needed most.  A deepseated belief had been overwhelming to me, a belief that I had been born cursed to be evil, a

Romans 9:22              ... vessel of wrath fitted to destruction...

like Cain or Esau.

I asked my parents to remove this curse. The turning point came in our relationship.  Together, they said, "We remove the curse."  Now I trust the blessing they offer.   The misperception that came between us, that I was unloved and had to prove my worth, that I could not trust them, has been worked through.


Romans 9

22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:


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