It is with regret that I must admit that the true "Daily Grind" resumes bright and early tomorrow morning. Lesson plans, meetings, grading papers, meetings, fundraisers, meetings, Strategic Planning, and more meetings! Fun times!!! Work officially resumed Friday, January 6th; however, students will be coming tomorrow! While I am extremely grateful for having a job, I enjoyed my holiday so much and would absolutely LOVE for it to continue! Jason and I were able to spend some great time together and with family and friends. I made the extremely reasonable suggestion of becoming a "stay-at-home wife" but like I said, the "Daily Grind" resumes tomorrow.
I had great success this week with my New Year Challenges. I worked out three days, read each day in Magnificent Prayer, and I am now working on my post. All of these "Challenges" seem to be a form of therapy for me right now (hopefully this will continue)! I am slowly (but surely) figuring out the ins and outs of blogging and hope to post some pictures soon.
Jason and I have been attending Northway Church for several years. The congregation is extremely friendly and supportive. We have been able to develop many relationships through our Home Team (aka Homecoming with the Homeboys!). This is just a fancy name for small group or Bible Study Group. Anyway, Jason is a member of the church and I have been a regular attender for approximately three years. Since we are married now, I have been interested in becoming a member so that we can have our memberships in the same place (just seems to be another piece to the unity puzzle). One would think that this would be a fairly simple task but I have definitely been struggling with this matter. Since Northway is a Baptist Church, my baptism in the Methodist Church is not recognized. That in itself is a tough pill to swallow! It does not make sense to me and I feel that baptism is a matter between an individual and God. Due to this difference, I have developed some bitterness towards becoming a member. We attended a membership class tonight which discussed the vision and mission of the church, etc, etc, etc. I sat and listened hoping to hear the pastor say that I would not have to be baptized again...it did not happen. In order for me to join Jason in membership at Northway, I will indeed have to be re-baptized. While this upset me, Jason came up with a plan that made me feel better (he has a great way of doing this...I just love him!). We have decided that we will both be baptized (as a family) commiting to keep God in the center of our relationship, family, and home and to trust Him in all that we do! I just LOVE that! I plan to contact the pastor tomorrow to let him know our decision...Problem Solved...GET EXCITED!
Much Love!
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