"Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Dad (Bob Morrow), Mom (Guylene Morrow) and me (Carolyn Ocheltree)

This is me and my mom, Guylene Morrow. We think we look a lot alike!

My dad, Bob Morrow, and me, with the ram's horn he and my mom brought back from Israel.

"Sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you. Then he and his children are to be released, and he will go back to his own clan and to the property of his forefathers." Leviticus 25:9-11,41 (NIV)

"Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
'The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.'
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them,' Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.'" Luke 4:14-21 (NIV)

Yesterday, my father asked Steve and me to visit him and my mom. Our relationship has been separated since April, 2003, nearly 13 years. Steve and I separated ourselves from my family because we did not want to be part of covering up some very serious family sins. I was blamed for being a troublemaker and a divider of the family. Steve and I made the separation in order to state that we would not continue the cycle of abuse and perpetuate family sins.

On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, my dad, Bob Morrow, called Steve and said he was sorry for the division in the family. For the first time since April of 2003, there was no blame thrown in our direction.. Just a simple apology and an invitation to come visit him and my mom. We went as soon as Steve got off work last night.

This is the 70th Year of Jubilee since the Year of Jubilee was commanded by God, through Moses, in the wilderness. This is the 40th Year of Jubilee since Jesus was on earth. I have been proclaiming freedom wherever I go since the Year of Jubilee started, on the Day of Atonement, in late September of 2015. I have been encouraging people to boldly ask God for restoration of broken family relationships, for forgiveness, healing and redemption. And, as Jesus said, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." (Luke 4:21)

--Posted by Mama O