Some girlfriends and I took a long trip down to Dallas (HaHa!) for the Women of Faith conference at the American Airlines Center. This is the fourth year I've gone. I always have a blast and learn a lot about the Lord and myself everytime I go. There are 22 of us. Some are new to the "clan", others are familiar faces we see every year. We rent several hotel rooms and bunk 4 to a room and stay up playing Hollywood Rummy until the wee hours of the morning. We also have a suite at the American Airlines Center to make it a more comfortable. Gotta have clean potties you know! The funny thing is, they convert all bathrooms except one to women's. I feel bad for the 4 guys that you see that have to trot all the way around to section 109 to go!! One of my favorite speakers, Patsy Clairmont, was there as usual and she always has a profound message to tell us, and makes us laugh while she does it. One of her messages was that we have to listen to the Lord. Sometimes the things He tells us make no sense at all until do what He asks of us and finally realize what He was trying to tell us all along. I once heard that life was like a tapestry. We see it from the backside. It looks like a mess. Jumbled up threads that go no where in particular and make no decipherable pattern. God sees this tapestry from the front. He sees the beautiful artwork that is our life and knows each thread of that life. Where it begins and where it leads. I love that analogy. My soul was refreshed at the conference and old friendships were rekindled. Can't wait to go again next year!
BTW...please pray for my mother (Jean) and Roger's grandmother (Julia). Both are ill now and need the prayers.
http://www.womenoffaith.com/conferences/speakers/PatsyClairmont.asp
BTW...please pray for my mother (Jean) and Roger's grandmother (Julia). Both are ill now and need the prayers.
http://www.womenoffaith.com/conferences/speakers/PatsyClairmont.asp
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