Driving home after dinner, my brother and I talked about how much he's grown in the past year. We talked about how he was before as if we were talking about a person we both knew a while back. This was the first time hearing him acknowledge his weaknesses--short temper and impatience. It was such an open and real conversation, yet so...surreal. I was in shock. Is this really happening? Who is this guy? I told him about how many people were praying for him for the past 6 years. He said he knew and recounted the one time he visited me in SD and saw his name on my prayer wall (woops haha). Later we talked about how he's doing now. The things he's struggling with, what he's learning. I've never been so invited into my brother's world. I soaked it all in. In no way am I trying to say that my brother and I now have the best relationship but it's the beginning. A special thank you to those who have been praying alongside me. This transformation that has been taking place all these years is the work of Him, all glory to Him. He is good. 


Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!