I am so thankful that the friend I referred to before has made a significant change of heart! I am so thankful that God has touched his heart and helped him to realize that he will never succeed or be all that God wants him to be if he allows any part of his life to be closed to God. I remember hearing a story all through my teen age years that related our lives to a home in which God lives. It compared it to having various rooms as any house would have, but there was one room that the owner of the home kept closed and locked. He thought that as long as he never allowed God to go in there that he would never know about the hidden room. Of course, as we know, God knows all and it is just a matter of our opening up every area of our life to him.

I pray that God will keep me honest and help me to not have any closed areas in my life!