Interesting discussions

I'm part of a forum that is a bunch of women talking about their successes and failures of trying to conceive. One group that I am part of is called Christian Wives. It's a great group of ladies. We are from various faiths. It's super interesting to see the variety of thoughts and things, and yet the similarities between us all. I find it very interesting to learn how these ladies view things in the world.

We had an interesting topic for discussion, actually a few hehe, about the idea of the gifts given to us by God, and the punishments. Sometimes we go through times that we will read a passage in the bible that hits us particularly hard. In this case, it was a Psalm that talked about children being a reward. My concern for this was that this particular woman was very concerned about being punished for how she lived her life when she was younger. We all tend to have moments when we put our own earthly views on how God will treat us. Since God is God, he doesn't hold a grudge like we do. While he can be vengeful, which we see in many parts of the bible, we all have the free will of showing our remorse for things we have done.

I have been thinking a lot lately, about faith, live, prayer, and everything else. lol I find that I am a bit overwhelmed. There are so many things that I don't understand. And some of it is so simple, or I think it should be. hehe There are two main problems right now. 1) We weren't told of the importance of prayer in RCIA. We would pray at the beginning and end of the class, but we didn't really talk about the types of prayer, the Rosary for example, or anything about what we should consider for prayer life. 2) the other thing that was glazed over in RCIA was confession. Slightly important? Well, not according to the Priest running the class. He actually lead me to believe that the whole idea of starting with "bless me father, for I have sinned", was something that was only in the movies. So, I really have been struggling with various things in terms of my prayer life, and faith in general. But, I have a huge thirst for knowledge, and I'm trying to satisfy that with various books. hehe I have a bunch on the go right now. :D

Speaking of knowledge, tomorrow is the start of classes. I actually can't wait. I'm so out of sorts with such a long break, that I've become a lethargic lump. lol It will be nice to be forced to have structure again. lol My big problem is this foot of mine. Goodness...I'm not sure what I've done, but it's pretty sore. I'm waiting for the x-rays to come back, and I'm hoping that it's not broken. I think it's probably just a matter of some sort of muscular pain that I'll just have to cope with for a bit longer. I hope. lol Classes should be fun, although hectic. I have 2 history classes, and I'm learning Greek. I have a bit of a jump start, because I've been working on learning the Greek alphabet ahead of time. hehe Anything to get me going quicker is good to me. :D