Women of Joy
This past weekend I went with my church to the Women of Joy Conference in Gatlinburg Tennessee. My friend, Erin, came along with us. What an awesome time! I was able to listen to Priscilla Shirer, Liz Curtis Higgs, and Kay Aurthur, all women that I greatly admire. There was a new lady there that at this moment I can't rightly remember her name but I think it is Sheila Harvey, I think maybe not...wait, its on the fridge still I'll go look.... Wow, I was way off, it was Sylvia Harney. Silly me. ;)
Well, the speakers gave refreshing messages about the availability and attainability of God the Father. It is something we should know, but somehow is always important to be reminded. Our Heavenly Father is always with us no matter how far off the path we get. That is encouraging.
The ladies in my church are so precious. I had the opportunity to see them outside of Sunday morning and have to say I like them more than ever. God is so good and so creative. He is a master craftsman and I see it in my fellow sisters in Christ.
One unwelcome guest this weekend was that dreaded monthly "you know what". I went four months without it. The hormonal overload was a mite crazy. I thought for sure as we headed home Sunday I was in need of serious psychiatric help. Most of you may know, gum chewing and popping can drive me up the wall and for the most part I've gotten past it (this is my first public confession of this inane idiosyncrasy by the way). I felt like everyone at the conference was chewing gum! Can you imagine feeling like your going insane because people are chewing gum? I shake my head as I write this and have to smile. I turned to Erin on the bus and burst into tears. When she asked me what was wrong I pitifully told her my problem. Believe me, it didn't take long until we were both laughing but I needed to get those initial tears out and then to hear me say it out loud. Hormones will do that to you and some times it takes a good friend to help bring you back from the hormonal edge of insanity.
So hormones aside, this weekend was simply refreshing. It was really cool to learn that Priscilla is pregnant with her third child. I also never laughed so hard. Liz and Sylvia were just hilarious. Erin and I laughed all over again recounting their stories to Dan, we almost didn't get the retelling out we laughed so hard. It was all good.
Well, the speakers gave refreshing messages about the availability and attainability of God the Father. It is something we should know, but somehow is always important to be reminded. Our Heavenly Father is always with us no matter how far off the path we get. That is encouraging.
The ladies in my church are so precious. I had the opportunity to see them outside of Sunday morning and have to say I like them more than ever. God is so good and so creative. He is a master craftsman and I see it in my fellow sisters in Christ.
One unwelcome guest this weekend was that dreaded monthly "you know what". I went four months without it. The hormonal overload was a mite crazy. I thought for sure as we headed home Sunday I was in need of serious psychiatric help. Most of you may know, gum chewing and popping can drive me up the wall and for the most part I've gotten past it (this is my first public confession of this inane idiosyncrasy by the way). I felt like everyone at the conference was chewing gum! Can you imagine feeling like your going insane because people are chewing gum? I shake my head as I write this and have to smile. I turned to Erin on the bus and burst into tears. When she asked me what was wrong I pitifully told her my problem. Believe me, it didn't take long until we were both laughing but I needed to get those initial tears out and then to hear me say it out loud. Hormones will do that to you and some times it takes a good friend to help bring you back from the hormonal edge of insanity.
So hormones aside, this weekend was simply refreshing. It was really cool to learn that Priscilla is pregnant with her third child. I also never laughed so hard. Liz and Sylvia were just hilarious. Erin and I laughed all over again recounting their stories to Dan, we almost didn't get the retelling out we laughed so hard. It was all good.
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