How The Happiness Dare Opened My Heart to God’s Delight

“Michelle, God delights in you.”

These words werespoken to me and over me as a blessing twiceafter I’d revealed my breakthrough (i.e. breakdown) to my traveling companions in Italy. Two beautiful women prayed two beautiful, intimate prayers over me at two different points during the trip, and though their prayers were full of wisdom, insight and God’s truth, I remember only five specific words, words both of them uttered:

Michelle, God delights in you.

Those are the words, the promise, I to...