In our relationships with those who are family to us the joy of those relationships is to be savored and when it is lost, no matter whose the fault God is at work to touch us, to help us to take our responsibility, to help us grow, to bring us to greater peace, to renew our life again. Julian of Norwich, Christian mystic, wrote Sin may be inevitable, but everything will turn out for the good, and all will be well. After they had messed things up but good, God went from the Garden with Adam and Eve. And God protected Cain even as God held him responsible for what he had done. Questions, comments or suggestions for this web ministry are most welcome.
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