Another new church

So, today I went to yet another church. Backstory: I have been attending First United Methodist Church of Saline fairly regularly since the beginning of the year. At Christmas time, I was certain this was where I was suppose to be. But, I have been having some thoughts that God has brought to my mind through various means, and I just haven't been sure this is where I'm suppose to end up. Through all the thoughts, clutter, experiences, etc....I decided to do yet another internet search for churches. I just think I need to be somewhere that is more diverse in it's congregation. Diverse in many ways, but mostly, culturally. And, I was kind of missing the whole idea of the baptist denomination. So, today I went to Crossroads Community Baptist in Ann Arbor. I really liked it! I even liked the contemporary service and usually, that is not my thing. I had the biggest smile on my face watching the little boy next to me, singing his heart out while dancing and clapping his hands. If only we could keep that innocence and unashamed love for Christ into our adulthood.

The best part was that the congregation was old, young, single, married, white, black, Asian and Mexican. Yippee!!!!! So, I think next week, I will check out the traditional service and see what the difference is. I can't wait.

Thank you God for continuing to move me where it is You want me to be. This may not be the final destination but I am searching to find where I belong so I can serve You!

God is So Good

Well, I haven't been able to get here recently and I am going to try and do better about that.

Right now, I have so much to be thankful for. My mom's surgery found NO CANCER!!!! Praise God. My annual squish is today so we'll see what's what. I have been clean since my needle biopsy but I know I have a-typical cells like my mom. She will be going to a genetic counselor to find out other things to do in her lifestyle to prevent cancer. I can't wait to see what they say that I might be able to adopt as well.

On another note, my niece was baptized on Sunday. She's 11 and she has the faith and passion of David, I swear. She is such an inspiration. On top of that, my oldest niece went to Acquire the Fire and re-dedicated her life to Jesus. How amazing is that???? Actually, the biggest surprise is my brother. He's one of those guys who thinks he learned it all as a kid and doesn't have to go to church anymore. He still believes but would rather sleep in on Sunday morning. So, the kids go to church with my dad. Well, apparently there were still tickets for Saturday's Acquire the Fire and Cayleigh (the 11 year old) wanted to go. So, Craig took her. When I asked her how it was she said this...."Great. It was really cool. I saw things I never thought I'd see." I asked like what? Her response? "My dad was singing along with his hands in the air". WOW!!!!! Now, I've been to Acquire the Fire and it is fantastic and truly an emotional experience. When the girls and I went to buy Cayleigh her new Bible, they told me Craig particularly liked Jeremy Camp. So, we bought him a new JC cd. My brother loves music but wouldn't know the first thing about Christian artists. Hopefully, this will get him started. He was really touched. And, when Breanna had to stand in front of the church Sunday night to talk about her experience, she said her dad was crying and she couldn't believe it. I can. Jesus is in his heart and I just hope he's becoming a little more active in his walk. My sister in law was baptized after they were married but none of us are sure she really gets it. I know that can be hard in a marriage as well. She likes going to church and singing and all the social things. I'm just not sure how deep that goes.

Anyway, that's the update from this end. More to come, I'm sure.
Praise God for my two beautiful neices, Breanna and Cayleigh, who are now permanent members of the family of God!!! He is so good!

Mom's surgery

So today is mom's surgery. I'm not really nervous about it, probably because she isn't either. We're confident it's nothing. And, if we're wrong and it is something, we'll face it head on. If there's one thing my mom is it's a fighter.

Dear God, I pray that you would be with my mom and the doctor today. Please let the surgery go well and let there be nothing wrong with her. And, please help her come out of the anasthesia. You know how she is with that. Amen.

Sabotage

So, why is it that we, ok I, sabotage myself when it comes to my weight loss? I joined a gym about 2 weeks ago and have been attending some wonderful classes and have been motivated to do it. I've even been eating healthier. Well, somewhat. Today I had a pretty bad lunch. I took my Nutri System soup to work to find it was out of date. Permission for the vending machine! Yahoo. One PB&J uncrustable would have probably been fine, but not me, nope it's always 2 for me. And then there's the Potato Skins and 3 Musketeers to go with it. Ok, ok, ok so I'll have Nutri System for dinner, be done eating by 5:00 and we'll be great. I can do it!!! So, Nutri system dinner and pickles. Doing great. Even had a Weight Watchers ice cream because I was craving sweet. Done eating by 5:15 and it's a great night. Oh wait, I have to get gas. Of course I need a bottled water for rehearsal so that means paying inside. They must have moon pies, right? Well, they didn't. I scoured the aisles, not even hungry, nothing looking really good and I still bought a bag of Burger King Ketchup & Fries potato chips. What am I thinking? Ok, I can save them, right? Wrong!!! Ate the whole bag on the way to band. I felt so horrible I almost wanted to make myself puke. Lucky for me, I'll never be bulemic because I hate puking too much. It did cross my mind though.

So, I'm home from band, I haven't eaten in over 3 hours and I can live with it. Tomorrow is a new day and a day I can make it to the gym. So I will pack my bag tonight before going to bed and will make a night of it at Zumba. I'm so glad it's Tuesday and Zumba night! Don't get me started (at least not yet) at my frustration of my schedule this week. I will only be able to go to one class which means treadmill and weights one other night and that's it. Why does it have to happen when I'm so motivated to go????

FOCUS......>>>>>>I will be on the beach in 8 weeks and I WILL be thinner!!!!

Well, see if it works

So, I have just checked out two of my friend's blogs and I think it's great. Of course, my first reaction is, I'm not a mom so why would I want to do this? More importantly, who would read it? But, I've had this desire to blog since last summer posting on myspace about my "god" dog, Toby, and the day we had to put him down. It does seem very easy to sit down and journal on the computer.

And, here we are. I guess it will just be a journey to see where we go. I figure there will be stuff about my struggle with my weight and trying to become more bold in my faith, my ever obvious being single and probably a good dose of family drama now and then.

Thanks to Michelle and Julie for the inspiration to finally do something about it. We'll see how long it lasts.