welcome to connect: project 2011

This blog is a project I'm undertaking for 2011... Why don't you join me?

The goal is to spend a little time each day reading from a devotional book, Daily in Christ by Neil T. Anderson, and connecting with people via blog post and comments.

Don't have the book yet? You can find it on Amazon, or you can read the daily post at:
www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/dailyinchrist

Why would we do this? For me, it's to reinforce a habit I need, to own my own faith, to connect with God and what He's saying to me, and to connect with people who are hungry to know God more...

Your reasons might be some of the same as mine.

The more folks read and comment, the richer the experience will be. Join the discussion!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

I'm not that girl

Today, I’m thinking about science (gasp!).  My son got a volcano science kit for his birthday, and let’s just say that science has been happening in our house.  It’s a Star Wars volcano, no less, so the cool factor is huge.

Turns out they’ve supercharged the recipe from when we were kids; in addition to baking soda and vinegar, the instructions directed you to brew those up with Alka-Seltzer, club soda, dish soap, food coloring, and I’m not sure what all else.  I think the thing may make actual lava; I’m not sure.

Since our cupboards only contained the less-spectacular ingredients – baking soda, vinegar, food coloring and dish soap – the explosions were more like fizzles.  Just the way Mommy and Daddy like them.  But as I said, it got me thinking…

Taking baking soda, this white powdery stuff, and mixing it with vinegar, which basically looks like water, combines and changes them both into something bubbly and runny.  They didn’t just mix together; they changed into something totally different.  (cue Thomas Dolby:  Science!  …ahem)  You could go looking for the baking powder in that new stuff, but you won’t find it.  Ditto for the vinegar.

When God saved me, He didn’t just wash me up and tell me to try to do better in my life; He made something new.  Satan may try to make me think that’s all that happened, that I’m still the same bad person I was before, but that just isn’t so.  Because of this new thing that I am, I don’t have to listen to him anymore; I don’t have to buy his lies.  I’m not that girl anymore. 

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I've been a teacher, a church administrator, and currently I'm an at-home mommy, which is my most challenging assignment yet. My home church is WellSpring - it's where my heart is, where my family is. I'm so grateful to God for His work in me and the people He's allowed me to share life with.