Ok so here is my dilemma. Back when I attended Women of Faith I had High hopes of writing 5 blog posts about the conference. BUT God had other things in mind. He knew I would go through a troubling time. The last year had been tough as it was with loosing a whole slew of friends and family in the matter of months BUT everything seemed to be winding down. two weeks later a friend from high school lost her year long battle with cancer and it was at that time that my grandmother was diagnosed with a terminal cancer and we were all told she had anywhere from days to weeks to months. She lasted one month to the day of her diagnosis.
What a tumultous time. AND it all happened right around the holidays. this is the first time in my life that bad things were associated with the holidays and I am so very thankful for my children because without them I may have lost focus BUT we still celebrated Jesus’ birth and that was so important easpecially this Christmas 🙂
Now that I look back on all of that time and i realize that that time was made possible because of all the things I learned and applied from the Women of faith conference. I had no idea anything was about to hit like it did BUT God did and he prepared my heart so amazingly!
So what are those lessons that God worked through in my life……
- Sheila Walch Said “If god says it will happen, it will happen” I could be rest assured that God will NEVER leave me nor forsake me and All things work together for Good
- She also said” that the shepard will find me”, and he did. Despite no matter how much i try to hide…and be strong God knows way better and meets me where i am.
- Nicole Johnson talked about how we are like coffee and that we can live the fresly brewed life. And Just like a good cup of coffee weneed to be picked and polished. We need to be roasted (we have to go through a little heat). And we have to be ground up. Not a pleasant process BUT it makes for a greta cup of coffe . –And despite all the unpleasantness that sometimes happens in my life I can be sure that it will mold me into the person God wants me to be.
- Dr henry cloud- I need Monkeys :)….Friends when we have friends it calms us.
- Our desires MUST match up with God’s purpose!~ Lisa Harper
- Sheila Walsch- “you have never lived an unloved moment in your life”
So there is so much more BUT these are just some of the truthes i clung to during these difficult times.
So you might think that you don’t have time, or the money or whatever BUT there is a way>God provided a way for me to go. through this blog program that Women of Faith and Thomas Nelson ran, and to them I must say THANK YOU. There is no possible way that they could have known BUT God did and He orchestrated it 🙂 And to Him I am also very grateful!
THANK YOU!!!
