It's amazing to me how you can be going about your every day life, doing your every day things and all of a sudden God can freeze you in your steps!  Things are changing so quickly in my spiritual life right now that it's really almost all I can do to just hang on and go along for the ride.

I grew up in Church, was saved at 6 years old.  My faith in God has never really changed, but my practice did.  I have not always lived my life in a way that was pleasing to God.  But a few months ago Hitman asked me if we could go back to church. So we did.  Because while I'm not in the habit of giving into everything that he asks for - I'm pretty sure that if your 10 year old son asks to go to church - it's probably a pretty good idea to take him.  After all Jesus told us to let the little children come to Him....

That first Sunday was the first moment that I had - I am so used to inspecting a church based on whether I could get my husband to come with me that I sat there thinking, "Nope - he wouldn't like this..." and it was like all of a sudden God said to me, "He's not here - you are.  DO YOU LIKE THIS?"  and the answer was yes, I liked the church very much.  It was definitely more pentacostal than any church that I had ever been to - but I liked it!  And when I left, I felt charged.

Hitman asked for a new Bible...  he had a black King James Bible that he had asked for when he was 5 - but he wanted one made for kids.  So - we went to buy one.  While we were at the Christian Book Store, I decided that perhaps I needed a new Bible too!  My Bible was fairly old, a King James Version and I rarely read it... funny, I rarely read Shakespeare either - I like things written in plain English.  I bought an NIV Pink Bible!  It's so pretty and the leather is so soft and best of all - I can read it without having to translate!

While we were there, Hitman and i looked at the music.  He's been leaning towards a lot of rap and rock music that is just inappropriate for him to listen to.  While I've never been a fan of Contemporary Christian Rock, (I prefer Southern Gospel or Country Music) I thought we would look and see if we couldn't find him something that he would enjoy listening to - and that I wouldn't mind him listening to.  We found a group called 33 Miles.  We have fallen in love with this CD!  There is a song on the CD called "When I get where I'm going" and it brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to it!  So, once again balance is restored and Hitman and I can listen to the same music.

Yesterday Prince Charming and I were talking to one of our neighbors.   He  was telling us about his family and some of the kids in the neighborhood.  I've sort of lost track of a lot of things since Hitman and I started homeschooling... at any rate he said, "Hey, I don't know if you've heard but the 'A's' (A family in the neighborhood) have gone full out religious"  I said, "Oh?  How so?"  He said, "They're not listening to any music other than Gospel music, they're going to church every Sunday, D quit his band..I mean it's weird!"  I looked at my husband and said, "Hmmmm.. seems to be a lot of that going around, hu?"  My neighbor said that they've gone "full-scale Baptist" - which cracked me up having been raised in the Baptist church.  He said it like it was absolutely horrible! LOL!  I said, "Well C, I have to thank the Lord for that... I've had some changes in my life too and it's amazing what God can do when you let him."  He said, "I don't have a problem with people becoming Christians, it's when they make a total 180 that I have an issue with it."  I just kind of smiled and said, "Ya know, as Christians that's what we all pray for is that people WILL make a total 180 and that God will change their lives.  He works fast a lot of times!"  I've thought of that conversation most of the day yesterday and this morning.  I'm so glad to hear that things have changed for our neighbors... they are a wonderful family and I hope that if you're reading this you'll keep them in your prayers.

Another conversation with God happened for me this morning.  I was talking to my husband and we were talking about the incredible rains that we were having this morning.  My father had been over a few days ago and was talking about the "deluge" that we were supposed to get.  Now... I guess I need to back up and explain that my father is an amazing man.  He is one of the most compassionate, sincere people I've ever known.  But, he is of course not without his quirks.  One of those quirks is that he will hear a word that sounds neat to him and then he will use it over and over again in conversation (often times whether he truly knows the meaning or not).  This was the case the other day - he must have said the word "deluge" 5 or 6 times in the span of 10 sentences.  So this morning, I turned to my husband jokingly and said, "I guess we got that deluge that dad was talking about".  We both kind of laughed and all of a sudden in the back of my mind I heard "Honor thy mother and father".  LOL - and it hit me, God probably didn't mean "Honor thy mother and father... when your a child and living at home".  He said, "honor thy mother and father" - so again, I had an epiphany... as an adult do I honor my mother and father?  Do I speak of them with kindness and concern?  Do I show them the respect that is their due?  No - not always.  Now, I'm not a terrible daughter - I love my parents and have a very, very close relationship with them.  We see them several times a week and I am always available to help them with anything that they need... but I am not always as kind with my words as I am with my actions... and one without the other is simply not good enough.  So I will strive to be kinder in my words.

Yes, the Lord is making some great changes in my life.  I am more content now that I have ever been.  My house is coming to order - in more ways than one.

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