drenched in His love...

as i mentioned last week - my girlfriend had offered to buy my ticket for the women of faith conference...for three days she would try to buy our tickets online...wasn't working...spent time on the phone...wasn't working...finally she was told to just go an hour earlier to the event...to buy the ticket at the box office...

so we did just that...we got up early...with starbucks in hand...searching for the box office...it was a bit unnerving....as i didn't feel good about not having tickets...we arrived 50 minutes before the event was to start...found parking...found the box office...asked to buy two tickets...and then we were told..."you are in luck - we have two tickets together that were donated"

are you kidding me? (major God wink)

the conference theme was "infinite grace" - we were there for only one day so we didn't hear all the speakers...but the speakers we heard were incredible...patsy clairmont & marilyn meberg both spoke on God's grace...such different stories...but confirming for me...all that i had already been feeling in my heart...

nicole johnson and her incredible talent for drama - she is able to bring out in the open all that we women struggle with...and show it in such a way that leaves you speechless...but realizing what one needs to work on...

music by sandi patty, nicole c. mullen & mandisa - all i can say is "wow"...talk about power voices...the music and words they shared...again penetrated my heart...

last but not least...there was louise duart - who is amazing in her talent as an impressionist...she was hilarious...but then she ended with her testimony...and again...it penetrated my heart...

for me the day proved to be one of those days where you know you are where you need to be...
through words and music...it was confirmation that the recent choices and decisions that i had made in my life were the right ones...and that i was on the right track as to where i needed to be in my life...

isaiah 43:18-19 tells us:
"do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. behold I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert."

many of the decisions that i have recently made were hard to make...and at times i remember feeling unsure of them...but i have clung to this verse as i made each choice...each decision...knowing that He's the God that makes a "roadway in the wilderness" and "rivers in the desert"

i can choose to look ahead instead of looking behind...and i can make choices now...and as i do...i believe that i will see God do something new in my life. so i choose to trust God in my future and not in past hurts...i believe God can make all things new, and that He can work ALL things to our good IF we believe in Him.

sitting in the conference - i completely felt drenched in His love...confirmation after confirmation let me know that what i am doing now is what i need to be doing...there is no better feeling than knowing that you are right where you need to be...and that is how i feel at this moment..