Back to the Beginning.

Do you know how they say in a relationship, when things get dry or into a rut, to return to the beginning? Remember when you were dating. Get out the picture books. Grab your partner and go through them together. Remind each other of what it was you first saw in each other. The passion, the spark, the steadiness of friendship. Whatever it was.

I'm at a new beginning in my life right now. I married the man whom I've been dating. We've actually been dating for awhile now, yet every day that I look into his eyes or hear his voice on the phone, or see a car like his, my heart flutters just a bit. My breath catches in anticipation. What words will he say? What smile or kiss will drift my way?

And, as those thoughts cross my mind, I thought to myself how appropriate it is to apply that to my relationship with God. I was just a wee thing when I chose to become a Christian. I don't really even remember it. But at 6 years old, I knew my own mind. My mother tells me that I determined I wanted to accept Christ. I didn't want to do it in the living room, though, so I went in the bedroom and closed the door.

She said I came out a bit later and said, "Well, I did and He did." The pastor at our church talked to me after that in preparation of being baptized. His conclusion was that I knew exactly what I had chosen to do. It is that kind of single-minded determination that I have approached everything in my life. When I choose to do it, it gets done.

I guess that's kind of my point today. To encourage you to return to the beginning. Remember what it was that drew you to Christ, reflect on your decision of becoming a Christian. Sometimes the journey through life can be hard and difficult and we forget what it was that started the entire thing.