Monday, August 24, 2009

Baptisms, water and fire.

This month has not been without its moments. Christianity is now the central part of my life, so much so that I have changed who I am friends with (which went very quickly down to very small figures!), threw out a load of rubbish around my home and acknowledged that God is in control. There are difficulties, like anything else, but things are getting better although I wouldn't say necessarily 'easier', just better, with a lot more peace and a lot more Holy Spirit with the Trinity.
Emma, my daughter, was baptized at the age of 1 ½. Why so late? I was atheist. We are all happy at home with that now. She has been baptized by water and I by fire. I cannot say much other than I actively feel God operating in my life. Also you learn who your friends are pretty fast. I am surprised and yet not by how quickly that whittled down from what I thought was lots to hardly any.

I finished studying plants and have just finished a tough paper on mineral transportation. Next is an experiment I need to do involving enzymes and a write-up of that. I think a lot about the good times and less about the bad. A very important friend reminds me often of the verse "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21

The summer is still here and it is warm but the first few leaves have just started to fall. I know there will be a few good weeks of weather left but the changes in the wind are here. Let us pray the Lord that the changes are for His good and ours.