Day 4: A picture of your night.

Day 4: A picture of your night.

My lovely husband puts the boys to bed at night and it leaves me with some much needed quiet time. Normally I can be found at my desk doing school work. I still hand write all of my rough drafts and I take notes with what ever is handy as I do my research. Here is a secret about me, I love research even when I hate the topic. I will research until I feel like I can write an intelligent paper on the subject, or when I feel like I understand. I read every article about the health care bill when it was being argued over in congress. Not that I can make a huge difference but I can argue my side of it with conviction. Back to my night. If I am finished or caught up with school work I often open the bible. In the picture I have the New Living Translation and The American Standard Catholic version but I have 6 all different versions of the bible and my favorite is King James version. I often read a passage in one bible then look them up in all the others. I do this because I believe that some things get lost in translation and every version is translated by man. I want to know what God is trying to tell us. Rob is planning on buying me The Douay-Rheims Bible because it is a direct translation from the original texts and I love the thees and thous. I have a hard time reading straight though the bible as you can imagine I  do not get far in a sitting but I come away with a grain of knowledge that I can hold on to. Also in the picture is a Bible study by Beth Moore called Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent. A friend of mine is reading Daniel and it inspired me to try one. I chose this because I love the psalms and it seemed like a good starting point. I started it last night and I am trying to put my head to the floor every night in prayer. I thank the Lord for all the blessings he has given to me and for the his greatness. I always ask for him to shine a light on to my feet and guide me. It is a journey I am on and sometimes it feels dark as I struggle with my path to faith. I know that God is good all of the time. I think my struggle is letting him take the wheel.