One on One

Today Pastor Erica and I had a one on one. I asked her to read my blog so we could talk about what I've written; so far she's the only one who has read it. It was good to come into the talk with some thoughts already written down and thought through.
One thing that really stuck out from the talk is just that God is looking for people with hearts that are right. He isn't looking for someone to pray to Him for 30 minutes every day and read the Bible through in a year. He's looking for people to have a relationship with Him; it's not just a religion. So that's encouraging; although I'm not all totally perfect and like the "super Christian" God still loves me for who I am and I just have to guard my heart, "for out of the heart come the issues of life."
I was also able to talk to her about Western and working overseas and reading my Bible...it was just a good time of revelation about who I am and where I'm going. Another thing that was really interesting that I hadn't noticed before is I get really excited when new start up or happen. Like being in Japan, getting a car and starting my job, starting going to VFC, Threshold and then EC. Then once things have been going awhile I kind of loose some of that passion or desire...I start to loose momentum and things begin to become more everyday and almost boring. I don't know if that happens to everyone...but Pastor Erica pointed that out to me today and I just thought I'd share it : )