Back to It

Well, my friends, it's been a long time. I never meant to go this long in between posts. For the past few weeks I've been getting little hints that it's time to get back to writing. Someone will ask me if I've written anything new or God Himself, it seems, will drop me a reminder. The other day I was busily working on my Bible study lesson. As I was reading through the notes section I came across a paraphrase of verses that I wanted to read more in greater detail. So I turned to the verses in my Bible and, what do you know, it was part of the very verse I named my blog after. OK, God, I'll get back to it.

It may sound silly that I believe God wants me to be writing a blog, but who am I to judge His methods of bringing others to know Him? If I can bring even one person to Christ then it will be more than worth it. At this point I am surely offending someone who wishes that matters of faith would be left alone. But let me put it to you this way: if I knew there was a miracle fruit you could eat that would give you perfect health, long life, eternal happiness and peace and didn't tell you about it, wouldn't you be mad? What kind of selfish person would I be to keep that information to myself? How much worse, then, would it be if I knew the one path to heaven and didn't bother to mention it? You see, I know that by accepting Jesus (not by rejecting Him, demeaning who He was, or ignoring His knock on your heart) into your life you can spend eternity with God! And though I am not going to beat you over the head with my Bible, I will never be silent about what I know is true.

Being back in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) this year is such a breath of fresh air! I took the last two years off because of the back-to-back pregnancies and births, but now I am able to return. It's one of the first times in my life that I genuinely feel I am being filled with God's joy. I am eager to be in the Word every day. Even when I've barely slept and the kids are screaming and my heart aches with loneliness over Nick's absence, I can't wait to spend time with God. It's not a chore, it's a privilege - I get that now!

The kids are both doing well, all in all. I don't think they know quite what to think about Nick being gone, but we're all making the best of it. We do web cam in the morning and a phone call most nights. Rowan especially seems to love seeing her daddy on the computer screen! We're hoping Nick will be able to join in with Hudson's second birthday singing via web cam tomorrow night! That would be awesome. It will also be awesome if I can post a special birthday message for Hudson tomorrow! I'm going to get better at this, I mean it.