Actual serious post

So I've started reading this new book, "The Shack." It came recommended to me, first by one of my work friends, Meagan, and then through the Core Groupies. Before that, I actually hadn't known that it was a book that could be regarded as Christian fiction — that really just made me more interested in it, because I've seen people out and about reading it, and it was interesting that such a book could be so mainstream. 

Well, so far, it's a great book. The storyline is the last thing I expected, but I think it's just what I needed to read right now. I've really been working hard (and feeling like I'm mostly failing) lately at trying to figure out how to best build my personal relationship with God, and so far, this book has reminded me that it all starts with faith and with remembering that God loves me, in spite of my massive faults. The rest of it follows naturally. I can read the Bible all I want, but until I see God as a member of my family — as a part of me — then I can't have the relationship with Him that I was designed to. It's been really good for me to read and try to take in. 

When one of my best friends, Meg, goes through hard times, she tries to remember this phrase: "Let go and let God." I'm discovering, as I'm sure a lot of other people already know, that that can be the hardest part of growing up. Trust is a lot easier when you're a child. It's harder to come by when you're out in "the real world" and the success of every day hinges on a lot of intangibles. I worry a lot more than I used to, but that worry isn't helping me live a better life or be a better woman or a better wife. I've really got to hold to that simple phrase: Let go, and let God. I guess my prayer should be that God will find a way to make me do just that.