My Grandma's Revelation

My Grandma has been a religious figure in my life since I was born.  I knew she was a minister's wife, although they divorced years ago.  She attended Church every Sunday and I can still picture her with the red robe she wore for the choir. She was always great at praying and it is amazing how these past few years I've noticed even more how she is the designated prayer at all of the weddings, family gatherings, events, etc. And she is really good!  I don't think I have ever prayed out loud before and not on behalf of a large group.  I have a feeling that this will become something I'll be doing at some point and I will make sure I pay more attention when my Granny is praying. We had her 80th birthday party last weekend and I decided that it would be a great time to fill her in on our new church and plans for baptism.  When I told her, she said 'Oh, I am just so thrilled, this has truly made my day' and she weeped.  Then when I told her we were attending a Christian church, she was even more excited.  Realize that I have always thought that Methodist was my Grandma's religion by choice, but she shared that she has been searching for a Christian church, but they don't have one in the small town of hers. So she goes to the Methodist Church because it is the closest in her mind to a Christian Church, although there are few things that she doesn't agree with. She loves the Church and she has been a faithful servant her entire adult life. Some of the things she was saying about how they baptize (sprinkling the babies) and a few other things aren't in line with the bible.  I was really amazed and happy to hear her views and thoughts. I will always think super highly of the Methodist Church that I grew up in, but it is quite interesting to hear her say this stuff about a Christian Church versus a Methodist one. I had to explain to Tony the difference between Christian Churches, Protestant, and Catholic. It was actually quite hard, but I finally was able to paint a good picture.  Christian churches follow the bible and have not added their own traditions. Back in the early days the Churches tended to be either Protestant or Catholic in the bible religions.  The trend lately has been for churches to get back to the original motive and before there were all of these different types of religions. It focuses on the bible and I definitely like that. So it was a great birthday for my Granny and she plans to drive a couple hours to watch us get baptized. Out of anyone in my life, I know it means more to her and prouder than anyone else. I couldn't be more thrilled.