DID YOU KNOW THAT your sourdough starter is actually alive…LIVING! AND HOW CAN THAT BE…well it is declared a culture of microorganisms that are alive and conduct their own biological activity. And when it comes to sourdough starters like our Betty Lou, Ally Mae, and Elly Rose (our sourdough starter names) they need to be fed daily. Once we feed Betty Lou, Ally Mae, and Elly Rose they start to inflate…GROW because they become happy and fulfilled. However, once we stop feeding them, they start to deflate…become sluggish. And if you think about it sourdough is just like us when it comes to our relationship with God. We, humans, have a desperate desire to feel loved and in order to feel that love we so desperately search for the desire to know God…constantly seeking after Him…a desperate need to be in Jesus’ presence. A desire to know the Lord is being fed by the Holy Spirit, taking up the cross daily. And when we don’t get fed by the Holy Spirit daily, we start to feel sluggish, deflate, and get a sense of feeling empty inside…our light starts to go dim. If you ever felt that feeling, it is not fun. BUT if you take that step to be fed by the Holy Spirit (reading the bible, praying, seeking after God, talking to Jesus, and worshiping and praising God) You Start To Rise Again…seeing the light again and feeling that love you so desperately search for. Your thoughts and your heart start to change for the better because your faith is GROWING in Him…getting stronger and brighter every time you decide to take up the cross.