Well, tonight the pastor had his visit with us, and it’s really too bad I let myself waste so much energy on being worried and stressed over such things. He hung around and chatted with us for about 2 hours. Of course, I personally didn’t do much chatting, but I really loved listening. I do love to talk as well as listen, but it just doesn’t come as naturally to me when it comes to someone I don’t know well and I haven’t gotten on a personal comfortable level with. Even when I get to that point with a person, I’m not that great at talking! I’m the kind of person that needs time to gather my thoughts before I say anything. Like, I can come up with some great comebacks, but they come far too long after the fact, so I never get to use them. That’s one reason I love the internet! It’s perfectly acceptable to sit and think first about how you want to respond to something online. Honestly, I guess I must always do it anyway, because Robert is always interrupting me, and he says it’s because I pause too long between saying things.
Robert and the pastor talked a great deal about computers. It seems every time we have company now that Robert has himself someone to talk computers with. You would think I would learn something, but it all goes over my head. If I were trying to learn I would probably interrupt with questions so often that an actual conversation may never get going.
Penelope finally made an appearance, probably already at least an hour into the visit, and I learned that the pastor really likes cats and has 2 of his own. Robert seemed more open to the idea, when it came from the pastor, that dogs such as Rottweilers aren’t just simply mean, they can be made mean, just as any other dog can be. He sure didn’t seem to believe it coming from me before!
As the pastor was leaving, Robert thought to ask about the different bible versions. I am really glad he did, because for quite some time I especially have wanted to hear more about it from someone who knows their stuff, and the pastor sounds like he definitely does in this area of information.
When I was a teenager, my aunt Laura gave me a New Living Translation bible as a gift. I have always loved it, although I have never read through the entire bible. I have no excuses for that, but for the past few months I have been trying to read it daily, for the most part. Only thing is, I have been trying to read this King James Version I have. As I’ve begun more seriously trying to build my relationship with God, I have been hearing more of the conflicts people have over the different versions of the bible, and I have basically felt influenced to stick to the King James Version until I have figured it out. I have so much trouble understanding it though. Sometimes I have been able to understand something after rereading it over and over again, but sometimes I never do, and I don’t want that. I have asked Robert about things, but sometimes even he doesn’t know the answers I’m seeking, and he was brought up with that belief that the King James Version is the only version, although he is also seeking more information about it now, obviously. My first thought with the conflict was to just stick to the bible I was used to, of course. But as I’ve said before, I used to do a lot of tweaking when it came to my Christianity just to make myself comfortable, so I later begin to feel like I better find out more about it, because I don’t want to ignore the right way to go just because it suites me better. I don’t want to do that anymore. There is no telling how many terrible examples I set in high school doing that kind of thing and there’s no going back.
So, about my baptism. The pastor doesn’t feel comfortable enough with his leg that he hurt yet. He said he has a few others wanting to be baptized as well, and he is thinking on waiting maybe about another month. I will definitely let everyone know!
Another thing I would like to share about is the Operation Christmas Child program. I had never heard about it before, but it was mentioned in a church bulletin. It sounds like a wonderful program.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
The bulletin says the bus (I am assuming the church bus) is going to
This past Sunday we went to a spaghetti lunch after church service to benefit one of the youth programs and we were invited to Sunday school. I think I would love to do that as well, but I’m not sure if Robert will join me. Maybe he will help me get started anyway.
-ladyworpledinker
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