BDSM and church

Today has been a pretty interesting day for me so far. I started a new chapter in my life. Master Anakin and I have decided to join a church. It's the same church that our friends, DL and J (her husband) go to. We got to witness a baptism this morning which was really neat. Master and I both grew up going to church. I feel that we have both lost faith in our religion but we have both been wanting to get it back. We found out a bit about ourselves on Christmas Eve after going to the service there. We feel that religion has been missing from our lives and this will be a good decision for our family. I think that religion is a personal choice. Everyone must chose their own spiritual path in life. I am glad that Master was raised in a similar matter that I was. I grew up going to Sunday school and church services each Sunday. I also attended bible camp and many youth activities through the church including volunteering. I am willing to bet that not many people know about that aspect of my life. I was also baptized twice in my life. Once as a baby and then again at 12 years old. I have always had beliefs but often kept them to myself. There are some people like my sister who would wouldn't be happy about this decision in my life. She's turned her back on church even though we both grew up going to it together. We are seeking to create a Christian traditional type of marriage complete with DD (domestic discipline) We both think this is a good path for us to follow and it will help us through difficult times ahead. I really like this church. The pastor is a woman and she's very well spoken. We had coffee after the service and met some really nice folks. I feel that the church community is very welcoming and we are glad to be going to it from now on. Leia has been going to youth events at the church for a while. Her best friend is DL's daughter. I also feel that this will make my friendship with DL stronger and that this will give me some much needed focus in my life and that this will help my family become stronger and more of the traditional family that I believe in. This might make for some interesting reading here on the blog too as I plan to discuss religion and BDSM and how we are able to blend this all together. Tuesday I am hosting a munch and will be hanging out with my BDSM friends. Today I was hanging out with church friends. It's all a bit strange but kind of neat too. I think this is a good path for us to follow and will make our force even stronger. I get to cross something else off my bucket list too! Yeah! :) #249 -Go to a church event which isn't Christmas Eve service (which is our yearly tradition in our family) I have had a really good weekend and trying to get some used to some new rules to follow. I will be posting those into our TPE agreement this week. We also have a punishment jar too which we'll be using for non-physical punishments. I already earned one for breaking a rule last week. I took medication without asking permission first. This earned me a hard cropping and also writing out 300 lines. I have learned my lesson and will do better. I've agreed to harder and stricter rules and I need to get used to this. One of my new rules is that I have to walk every single day. No excuses other than being very ill. I walk to the school and back every day during the week but now I'll be walking on weekends too. We went for a walk yesterday afternoon as well as this morning. I've got Darth Vader as my personal trainer and he has no problems motivating me in whatever ways possible to get me to move my ass. There was no weigh in today although I did it anyways. I am usually excused during my period week (which started today) as I bloat and retain so much water. It showed a one pound gain. Thankfully this weigh in did not count. Next week I could earn a punishment if I have not lost a pound. I got THREE days in a row of spankings and play. I didn't want to play as much yesterday because my ass was so sore. He didn't care though. I got more pain on top of my bruises and floated in an endorphin high for the rest of the night. I slept well with no insomnia. I'm not sure why but I seem to sleep so much better after I've had a good beating. I hope everyone has had a good weekend. Back to the grind tomorrow... May the force be with you all!! ~padme amidala