His grace is truly AMAZING

I am reading this book for the second time right now, and will most likely start it for the third time as soon as I finish it, and then I might read it again!! I have had this book in my possession for at least 10 years, actually I somehow ended up with two copies of it, which I never read until about a year ago.  I was so fascinated with the first reading that I loaned the other copy to the Mom. She has claimed it and assured me I will not get it back. 🤣😂🤣 It is a fascinating and different perspective on the person of Jesus Christ. Of his humanness. Though it is a little difficult to get in to at first, it gives an amazing new dimension to the idea of "Relationship vs. Religion". We both just love the book, and the depth of personality and perspective the book gives on who Jesus was and is and how we can relate to him, without the need for rules and propriety, but just as we are.  Yesterday, as we were diving down the freeway heading for home, after a doctor...

Many people were surprised to hear I got baptized today!  And my church family was filled with joy and pleased as they witnessed the event. I am sure there were some who had thoughts like: "What? She's a Sunday School teacher!" "What?? She was a preacher's wife!" "She lead an adult women's Sunday school class in Oregon?!!?" "She knows more Bible than I do!" "She's been in church forever!" "I heard her testimony! She always said she was saved and baptized at the age of 12! Why is she doing it again?" And probably some other questions I can't imagine (maybe even a few "Ha! I knew it!!--though those would be wrong...) Most of you who read my blog posts, have heard my testimony and know I have always claimed saved at 12, left church completely about 6 months later and started back about 4 and a half years later. But there is more to the story.  As a Baptist I have been taught "once saved always saved...