At the start of yesterday, I was in a foul, foul mood. I was sort of headachy, very tired, and irritated. Everything I picked up, I seemed to drop - I couldn't get moving..and I was still irrittated about the events the night before.
I walk in to church, and that all goes away. The beautiful music, the sermon, and prayers..By the end of the service I have a new lightnes of heart and there are literally tears in my eyes. That has only happened to me one other time in church before. The last time that happened, was at Camp Meeting last year...Seven was performing and Melanie was talking, and I just started to tear up. The feeling was undescribable. I had the same sort of feeling yesterday during Pastor John's sermon. I'm listening to him speak, and all of the sudden I start to get that strange feeling and everything got fuzzy, except the Pastor, and tears start welling up. I don't even know...it was just a release. I can't describe it or why it happened, other than it was something I really needed to hear at that time.
(About the crying thing, the funny thing is "Seven" is a praise band based out of the church I now attend. I didn't know that, when we started going to this church! That is the mystery/beauty of God for sure!)
The sermon was about Salvation, and what we need to do to be saved. It was about taking that one step, that is specifically tailored to you, to take a step with Christ. I'm sure everyone feels this way at sometimes, but I swear it was as if Pastor John was talking specifically to me. In these days of my life that is hectic, and crazy, and I can't even think clearly, but I have this burning in my heart to be close with Jesus - knowing, it's just one step to be with Christ, one perfectly attainable step, perfectly tailored for me step - it's a real releif.
If you'd like to read Pastor John's sermon, its HERE .
After church, Jon and Sara and I ended up at Ikea (this is becoming a habit, but a fun one). We walked around Ikea for 3 hours. I got lots of fun ideas for what I want to do in my studio. I've come up with a color scheme I'm going to do through out, (butter cream yellow, with accents of kelly green and red). I want to change out my desk, for a smaller - secretary style one. I'm going to get some of those box looking shelves, to go on the top of my partion to the celing, kind of giving it a full wall. I also am looking at trading out my entertainment center for a smaller Hutch style one. Those are some ideas anyway. I managed to escape Ikea, with a can of green stain (to do my corner hutch), and a sore knee - otherwise unscathed. Well, when we got to the car, Jon had to put down the seat next to me, (which ended up being a seat and a half!) to put a big picture in the trunk - and I was squashed in there so much I really couldn't move my lower body at all. I also was squashed up in such a way, that I had to sort of lean foreward to not knock my head off! We were all laughing so hard, that I thought we were all going to die...and at one point, when Sara was cracking up, I reached around her, and said "Hey do you need me to drive?" and my arms were quite close to being able to reach the steering wheel!! That set off a whole 'nother round of giggles. I'm laughing as I type this even! Heehee.
In on of our chair and couch testing moments, Sara and I were talking about the 'perfect' person for me, and apparently its a SDA guy, who is a farmer-type who wants children, and lives some where near enough to Puyallup that we can raise our kids together...so if anyone knows anyone.... haha!
Today is one of those rainy cloudy days, but I don't feel depressed. Going to relax at home today, and do some of my Bible Study Homework.
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