WHEW! A LOT has happened since the August 20th. Hopefully I can get it all down…in the forefront of my mind is Sunday, August 24, 2008. It is a memory that I will not forget. You see my mom has been going to church with me ever since I found out this body could get pregnant, again. I have been hiking to my 7:30am service alone, since the hubby can’t seem to get it together that early, but hey…I HAVE to give HONOR and PRAISE to the ONE and ONLY that has made this possible. So I thought it was a treat to have someone else join me. To tell you the truth, I didn’t think it would last long…I figured Mom would give it the college try and bow out. I mean I would understand if she did that, and I wouldn’t hold it against her. Just having her join me for weeks made me feel great, and if she told me it was getting too much for her, it would have been FINE BY ME. Just having her experience my church, other than New Year’s Eve, made me feel good; because I really LOVE my CHURCH and my PASTOR, he is the best teacher I have ever known; so I love to share him with others.
Any who, I had an EXTRAVAGANZA at my place on Saturday (tell ya about that later), and I was exhausted (forgot how a bun in the oven can take your body through somethangs) LOL. Honestly, I thought of not going to church. You know all the ususal excuses WHY you just cant go, too tired, headache, back-ache, teeth hurts, not in the mood, …but before the extravaganza ended Mom said she wanted to go to church on Sunday; so I was the leader on this journey…I couldn’t start backsliding NOW…ya know!!..So the normal plan was in place, I pick up Mom and we all head to church.
We stopped off to drop of my sister and nephew at home and on-ward, mom and I headed to church. LET ME SAY THIS, no matter how many excuses I give myself for not showing up to church, EVERYTIME, EVERYTIME, I get into my seat in the sanctuary, I say to myself, “What is my problem? Why do I seem to fight coming here? It feels great just being here to fellowship” I just shake my head and laugh at thought, that it must be the devil blocking me from getting this message. MAN….this week’s message was off the hook and exactly what I needed; but Pastor Smith, it just like that…ALL the time. He has a message for ya; you may not need it that day or that season, but you going to need it! J
We were a bit off schedule this Sunday, arriving later than usual, but we got our normal seat. Mom had been practicing the Mt. Zion welcome song for visitors and she had down; however this Sunday, there were no visitors, so….we didn’t sing the song. Mom was bummed. I said you have another week to practice. LOL. Senior Choir was singing this week, I was real happy that I didn’t listen to my excuses.
Pastor Smith preached from Matthew 6:5-13 on the Proper Procedure for Prayer. I ask a lot of people to pray for me and his sermon was right on time for me to learn how I can properly pray for them, when I am asked it in return. Pastor was happy that folks were taking notes; it shows that this topic is something they were interested in hearing and reviewing at another time. His sermon was over and he was calling folks to the alter,the Senior Choir began to sing, “Have a Little talk with Jesus”, Mom’s favorite song…I looked at her and she has tears in her eyes and she lifting her arms…I am in shock…but the choir stops singing and the pastor doing something different. I guess since there weren’t any “visitors” to the church, the pastor started giving information to the congregation about a funeral that was occurring that evening or in the next few days. After he said that, he gave the Benediction. While this is going on, Mom is still in tears, I tell her, you know Mom even though the service is over, you can still join the church. She is standing we are getting our things, and this Deacon comes over to us. I am like, why is he coming over here, they normally do this before service, but I guess he must have thought were here for 9:30am service, I don’t know. But I shook his hand and Mom shakes his hand, but she isn’t letting go of his hand. The deacon looks at me, and I look at her and she is in tears, I say to him. She is in need of help to join Mt. Zion, now I am in tears. The Deacon takes her back to the New Members class and VIOLA…Mommy is a now going through the process! WOO HOO! AWESOME right!! In 4 Sunday and the right hand of fellowship, Mom will be a full fledge Member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church! I am soooo glad I was there to be a part of it! It makes SMILE a BIG SMILE! J My heart is OVER-JOYED!
I was satisfied with that. She cut alot off, but gave me a rodded style. It was curly at first but now, day 6, I am liking it! I loved the relaxer and I WILL visit again. I left the shop around 11:15ish. Not bad in my book. I got a full relaxer, deep conditioner and cut, for $75. I made another appt in 2 weeks on a Sat. at 8:00am. 
