Bollinger County.  Much of mine and my husband's heritage comes from this rule Missouri area.  Remnants of early settlements, mills, iron bridges, fishing holes, fields littered with arrowheads and flint pieces, skeletons of barns and out buildings now abandoned and used to store left-over farming equipment and plows, foundations, spring houses, cemeteries, daffodils and oak trees.  It is a visual history book with lots of told - and untold stories.  I love discovering answers to mysteries of the past - especially if it relates to my own family!  

I am all the more excited about the heritage we have as Christians.  Each of us have physical roots that meander all the way back to creation!  But the best part of that "mystery" has been recorded and revealed to us through the written word - inspired and guarded for centuries, yet available this day for all who will read the powerful promises and truths cradled inside!  It is a book of hidden treasure, where-in we find a deed passed on to us of the assurance of our eternal home!  In these marvelous words lie the true story of the ages that when received is far better than discovering a vault of priceless silver and gold!  

This heritage is for real - and for-ever - and it is for US who will simply accept it!

"Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according  to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith..."  Romans 16:25, 26