Today was a good day...

  I have decided that I am much too sporadic when it comes to writing blogs.  So I'm going to make an effort to be better!  Today was Halloween and we started the day off with a decision to try out a new church.  We have been going to the same church for the 3 months since we moved here and it's not that I don't love the message and the church, but I felt like we were still at square one there.  No one had introduced themselves to us or had made any effort to get to know us or our kids any better.  The decision to try a new church was met with great resistance from our kids.  They were comfortable at the other one and the poor kids move around so much that I felt bad for springing another new thing on them.  But I just felt like God has something more in store for us.  We were met at the new church with smiles and people bending over backward to help us with our kids and getting everyone situated in their classes, which is no small feat.  Then we had a great service with a pastor who talked to us about the difference between being a fan and being a true follower of Jesus.  The message struck me to my core, and I was moved in a way that I have not been moved in many, many years.  I realized that almost my whole life I have been a fan of Jesus, watching and admiring Him from afar but not really having an intimate relationship with him.  And my life and my family's life have suffered because of it.  No more-I made a commitment to really know Him.  And I felt such a peace as I left church.  Bonus-the hubby and kids liked it a lot, too!  And I think my sis liked it as well.  I am hoping to get involved in a small group and hopefully they have one for college-aged kids so Megs can get involved here and start meeting some more people.
  The rest of the day was rather uneventful-everyone took a nice nap except for my hubby who was sweet enough to go clean my car out.  Wyatt went to a costume birthday party and then the boys went trick-or-treating with David and I stayed at home with Linky and handed out candy.  The best part of the day happened when I was putting Wyatt and David to bed and reading to them.  We did a devotional on Jonah and the whale and the boys loved it.  Wyatt asked me how we know when God is talking to us.  I told him that when you ask God into your heart, that he speaks to it.  So Wyatt prayed that God would come and live in his heart.  Then he told me that he could feel his heart beating and he knew that God loves him!  It melted my heart and made me so thankful for my boys.  Then I was laying with little D and he told me that I made his heart happy!  I am just amazed with God-how he took a day like Halloween that is traditionally a pagan holiday and made it full of Him.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude and hope!  Happy Halloween everyone!