"I had always been intrested in astrology. Not what you would expect from a reformed Christian, but the mystery and intrigue drew me in. Walking down a book isle, or browsing for something to read in my sisters books, I would glimpse one of those star books that promised to tell you who you were and sneak a peak inside, telling myself, \"This is stupid.\", but always looking up who I was supposed to be and always coming back. Finally, I just stopped trying to tell myself that it was wrong that looking up astrology was wrong, and decided that God must have made the stars, so it couldn't have been all that bad. I started reading more and more, and extended my reading to reincarnation, palm reading, and even once or twice, spell books. I managed to stop reading the stuff, but I had to avoid the New Age books isle in Barnes and Nobles because I knew I would pick up another astrology book. Just to 'glimpse'.

Then one day, I heard a pastor talk about the stars. A man of God, who preached, who prayed and who obviously loved God, actually talk about the stars. And there was something about the way he spoke that you knew that he knew what he was actually talking about, and he didn't try pouring on the guilt. In fact, he seemed to understand. Being spirit beings made by God, it would be only be natural to be intrested in the supernatural, so I started to listen. I never heard that before. Then this guy goes on how God placed the stars in the heavens to declare his glory, and he had the Bible passages to prove it. I checked out Psalm 19, and sure enough, it was there. So what was God's glory?

Jesus Christ.

Astrology, keeps pulling you back. It's like a drug. You keep coming back for more and more, but no matter how much you look up about yourself, your not satisfied.

I listened even more. the more I looked into it, as skeptical as I was, I was just as desperate for it to be true. I needed to know that there was proof, that everything I ever known wasn't just a fairy tale. That people who loved God didn't have to force themselves to see the world in another prespective then everyone else. And they didn't have to. The stars, they lined up with what the Bible had to say. Their meanings all came back to one person. The mazzaroth (zodiac) (Job 38:32)could and did show the life and ministry of the Redeemer, and I wasn't alone. I was never alone.

I had my birth sky read, and the pastor, who I just met a few days ago, took one look at it, breathed in, like he was listening to someone, then looked me straight in the eye, and told me what no astrology book, what no palm reading book had ever been able to say about me before. He told me who I was, and what God had called me to do, and the truth rang in me, and I knew, that this was real.

Ever since then, I've been looking, searching, and seeing things in the Bible that only confirmed that God did put a message in the heavens, and its still silently speaking to us.

There was another bonus to knowing your greatest weaknesses and strength. You know your weakness, and its a vauge mist that floats around in your mind. You know its there, but having it crystallized into a word gives me the ability to actually guard against it. It's easier to fight against a physical being then a formless mist, and I think having it said aloud allows me to protect myself more.

I'm glad God led me to it. It's even easier to believe now that I know the astrology dates are 2,300 years out of date, and your probably not even born in the house [constellation] you thought you were. (It's true. Just type in your birthdate in a star program and it'll pop up. Anyone can do it.) Even when I doubt now, I know he's there, and all I have to do is look up."

Elizabeth