Coincidences

I'm not sure if things are a coincidence or if it is just that I have been completely non-observant of the religious world until this year. 
I personally like to think it is divine intervention....haha....well I'm not sure about that but it would be fun to think.

• I find it odd that I have met people that think I'm an inspiration based on my quest and blog
• It's crazy to me that people I have never met know what I'm doing.  I guess I forget that I have a blog putting it out there to the world!! 
• that I met a someone that wrote a book about the bible and he sent me a copy based on our meeting
• that a nice lady I met at the bookstore way in the beginning of my quest recognized me and said she was thinking about checking my blog on her way to work today, thanked me for coming into the store and gave me a hug out of excitement that I was still on my quest.
• NPR happened to have a story on This American Life about a son questioning his faith and quoting versus from the bible that I have already read!
• Odd that the largest private collection of biblical artifacts including bibles will be on display a mere 5 1/2 hours away from me!!!  click here to see the info about the display

So  maybe I'm searching for things here...I don't know.  5 years ago...wait even 2 years ago....I never had a conversation about religion with anyone.  I didn't talk the bible or anything else.  I listened when my husbands family would pray before meals and during the christmas gatherings but until last year when my husband and I had to actually read from the bible I honestly hadn't opened one for more than 15 years (if ever)
I avoided the conversation because I felt it was inappropriate.  I avoided it because I always said "religion and politics are two things you never discuss with friends you want to keep"    Now, I still don't discuss it with them....they discuss it with me.  Mostly all of my friends know what I'm doing and either pop into my blog or will ask me how its going.  Some even ask me about a specific topic...most of the time I'm not there yet!    Just yesterday in the car my best friend said to me "I don't know much about the bible.  There's so much I don't know and I don't feel confident talking about to others"  She said she always feels like what she thinks the bible is saying is not what it is really saying and she's reading it wrong.  Despite my best efforts to encourage her to trust herself..I don't feel I made any progress.  She attends church every Sunday and her kids go to Sunday school and I think she even participates in that and some awanas thing...(I'm not sure what that is) 
I'm confused that someone who attends regularly and actively feels so uneducated about her bible and religion.  I'm sure she knows more than she thinks...It's like I feel like there is so much that I have already forgotten but when I speak with others it just comes back to me. 

I have no idea how many more coincidences will occur over the next year but I can't wait because they are kinda fun!!