Day 20

          I have renewed my faith. I had an experience that will forever change my perception of my religion. I felt the Holy for the first time since I was a child, and I truly felt it. It was one of those "Oh dear! Is this really happening?" moments. I was afraid at first, but then I was thrilled. I have regained something I lost, and something some people will never experience. In an effort to maintain this new relationship I have with the higher power, I have begun to pray. I will now pray every morning, before every meal, and before bed...AND if I feel the need to pray any other time, I will.
          I now feel a peace I haven't felt in a long time, a certain knowing feeling that I had forgotten. I am so happy to be a part of a world where the Holy really is present around us. On top of my new mission to include prayer in my life, I am also on a mission to find a place of worship. I found a church online (though I'm not sure how viable it is), that I'm going to attend an informational meeting they have on Wednesdays. I am afraid, every time I try to go to a new church, I feel the need to smack the preacher. So, by attending one outside the faith I was raised, I will now know if it was just the preachers or if it's just me. ;)
          I really am overjoyed at this new found practice, as I know my life is about to change for the better forever. This is why I took my year off, if I had not, I wouldn't have grown as a person. Everything really does happen for a reason, and when your spirit tells you to go for it, you had better!

Lesson:

Magic/miracles are alive and well, we had only need to be open to the experience.