January 26th

It's been so long since I've posted, and this has been because of a little bit of busy-ness, and a little rebellion! It's hard to share your heart when there's something that needs to be worked through. Can't say that I can share what that was about because is still in progress, but I can say the Lord ain't through with me yet. :) Can I hear an "amen sister!"

I remember sharing about an amazing experience that happened a few years ago in a barn, where I feel that I had an experience that opened my eyes to what a real relationship with the Lord is? Now, you could take that the wrong way pretty easily, but it really was just a worship service in a place they call "the Barn." :) It was amazing. As I was leaving, a gal told me, and I don't know how she knew what I experienced, but she told me that the Lord wanted me to spend more time worshipping and communing with Him closely, like I had that night. It was very special to hear my experience validated and to understand what being truly close to my Savior was like. This last fall I've spent more time being discontent than in that place, and it showed! Now that I recognize my discontent, I'm getting back into the routine of spending more time in the Word, and choosing Christ-like attitudes over the alternative. I still am sometimes too tired to realize how close I am to living a whole entire day being Spirit led and enjoying that communion, but I'm a lot closer now than I was a couple months ago!

This January I decided to start reading through the Bible chronologically. My mom did this last year and I have yet to read some of the old prophets, and thus the entire Bible, so I thought I'd give it a go. I want to be living as a sold out follower of Christ, and that means knowing His Word, and in turn Him, more. I love reading the OT. In the last year I read a couple historical fiction novels about Abraham and a couple other OT heroes, and it really helped bring to life these characters and my interest reading between the lines, digging deeper. So far I'm up to Genesis 42 (Job was thrown in the middle of that), and reading about Joseph. What an amazing story! To have such patience. I'd love to have a prayer partner like Joseph must have been. Such perseverance and faithfulness.

Another challenge I've taken on is training for a half marathon. More on that later. Off to get a baby up from nap time!

More recipes on the way too!