Part of the healing work God does in our lives is to carefully parse through the elements of our origins, teaching us to let go of what no longer serves us or the Kingdom, while magnifying those qualities that best reflect the character of God and become our best contributions to the advancement of the Kingdom. The plot of our lives goes deeper than the surface appearance of things; it speaks to a general spirit or attitude that might pervade our stories before we really encounter the God Who turns curses into blessings. The more closely we can name this spirit, the more preciously we can name the specific character of the spirit of God that enters in and brings us to new life. Once you were one way, but because of God’s work in your life, you are becoming something more.