The shahada

Last weekend i was at a tafsir(sermon) when these three women were introduced as new reverts to Islam, with the was a forth woman and she said she also wanted to revert to Islam. she was then asked "do you believe that Allah is your Lord and Creator? She said "yes" and took the shahada(declaration of faith) ...I never witnessed this before and i realised right there was our first pillar of faith. How often do we reflect on those words? That "there is no deity (worthy of worship) except Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger"? That is essentially what makes us muslims, we believe. There are 4 other pillars...Salat(prayer), payment of Zakat, Sawn(fasting) and Hajj(holly pilgrimage). She had taken the first step and i found myself joyous and hopefull that the others may be easy for her. The Quran says, "Whoever disbelieves in Taghut (all that is worshipped beside Allah) and and believes in Allah, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break" Q22:256