On the Ranch

So I just got back from an amazing weekend with some old high school chums! A long lived tradition of ours is to take a camping trip, watch cheesy horror movies, and then have an awesome time being ourselves! Instead of the usual state park cabin, we headed off to a ranch owned by one of my friend's grandparents. It's in a little town in south mississippi called Kiln. This place is amazing ya'll, they aren't amish, but they are Godly people who live off the land. They grow their own cows (which they herd with 4 wheelers, yeah) chickens, etc. We stayed in the bunk house in the barn. Hurricane Charlie pushed a huge cool front up to us, so temperatures were between 60 and 75 degrees all day. There was this massive husky dog there named tiny whomI hit off with immediately. Tiny and I took a few walks at night down the dirt road and talked with God for awhile. Then I had an awesome time riding the 4 wheelers and threatening my life on it, WOOHOO! Hmm, nerd, right. I would talk about how I made all these friends with farm animals, but that would sound pocohantas like, so lets not. My friends don't live the christian life, so it was hard sharing Christ with them. I felt like time has begun to drift us apart. I realized that I no longer find comfort or pleasure in many things they do anymore. I've engulfed myself in the Christian atmosphere for the past 2 years, so my past life is slowly becoming uneasy to me. Thank God for changes that allow us to be like his character! For the first time, I felt proud of my changes. For awhile, I felt as though I didn't make much progress. But after spending a long time away and going back, I've noticed changes. I'm excited! Growing closer to Christ is really possible, and that's what I'm going to do! Because of His Blessings, Potter