Freedom!

Overcoming your greatest fear is a wonderful and liberating thing!

Now LOTS of people know, and they (mostly) don't hate me!  (Maybe I offended a few who left without saying so.)  I don't know if I've ever felt more affirmed and appreciated.  A long-time friend looked me in the eye afterward and she said, "Tom, I just want you to know, I love you more than ever."

It was pretty uncomfortable, though, to hear so many people describe my testimony as "courageous."  What I described was the antithesis of courage.  I'm simply describing the good that God has done for me, from a deep sense of gratitude.  That doesn't take courage; faith and trust the size of a mustard seed, maybe.

Yet, as a result, I've receive yet another humbling and precious gift.  It's true: we can never outdo God in generosity!