Happy Monday!! I had three days off this past weekend and I can be honest that it totally was not enough LOL! Last week was craaaaay. I had my tetanus shot Monday which ended up screwing up my entire week completely. They offered it to me since me and Michael will be trying to get pregnant soon and they said it's easier when you're not pregnant to get it because of the side effects SO. I got it. WELL. By Tuesday I had the aches and chills which then lasted into the rest of the week. Thursday rolled around and I had a fever and went home from work and took Friday off to chill out. SO now that were back on Monday and I don't feel like I'm knocking on deaths door anymore I had an interesting thought. To church or not to church? We went to a church for a few years when we lived out in Burlington. We were married there, baptized together there, the girls were dedicated to God there. When we moved away it was too far of a hike to go every Sunday and since we haven't found a new church. Church hunting is a little weird. You really have to find somewhere that you feel you're being fed every Sunday. Me and Michael listen to a lot of christian music especially on our way to work. I really love to rock out to some Danny Gokey :) So it's been about a year since we've been to church on a Sunday and I really do have plans to find a new home. So my thing is we know a lot of different Christians who have a lot of different opinions. Fortunately were part of the millennials and we do EVERYTHING online. When I get to work I can turn my iPad on and get anything I want from christian music, to praise and worship to sermons online. So ultimately me and Michael do get a lot of God in our lives, we pray daily, we have books we borrowed from Becky and Corey called "31 days to pray for your wife/husband" which is awesome. We incorporate our faith into our everyday activities. We just haven't found a church home yet. A lot of people that are in older generations actively attend church faithfully once or twice a week. We were pretty faithful once a week on top of volunteering all the time and participating in things such as VBS or the fall festival. Unfortunately life does get a little crazy and we've had so many people in our ears about how important church going is. But is it really? Is that really a be all end all? Do I HAVE to attend church to be a "good" christian? I cuss a little bit, does that make me a bad christian? I've done some shady things in my life but I went to church every Sunday. Now I feel like I'm a better person, making better choices and I don't have to congregate every Sunday. Now don't get me wrong I fully enjoy feeling the Lord come up through me when were praising him on Sunday with fellow Christians, but is that something that's a necessity? Should I be judged because I chose the Zoo over church? I've actually had an older woman blatantly attack me on my Facebook for going shopping on a Sunday morning rather than sitting in a pew. I've had a few instances where I was battling with confusion and desperation and all of a sudden God told me EXACTLY what he was doing. I don't need a building for that. My point here is don't let other people pressure you into something ... like your tetanus shot. LMAO just kidding but in all seriousness your relationship with God is between you and him. Whatever or however you choose to serve him, worship him or teach your kids about him is up to you. As long as you believe he is God and you're actively working on a relationship with him, then peace out cubscout. I don't always need to go to church to feel like I'm able to be with him. So go about your work week with these thoughts and remember no matter how you get fed, just get fed! He loves you and He is for you. Have a great day guys!
Kristen
Just some clips from this weekend :)
(Courtesy of StephanieMarie Photography)
(Courtesy of StephanieMarie Photography)
(Courtesy of StephanieMarie Photography)
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