First Day's Night

We are now done with the first day at Women of Faith! :) To complete the evening we missed the first metro train out because it was PACKED! But today, I laughed, cried, coughed, hugged, danced, laughed some more, and really felt God speaking into my life through the speakers on the platform. So much of it to process since so much seems to be relevant to where I am right now.
And NICOLE JOHNSON! :D I was so excited to see her back doing drama! I know she had stepped back for awhile & that she was still writing dramas for others to perform at events but it's so nice to see Nicole back in the capacity I grew to love her in.
And the Mary Mary concert tonight was tremendous! :) Such a fun time seeing these sisters lead us in energetic worship of our Lord and Savior!
Well, our train is almost here & I am looking forward to my head hitting the pillow tonight! Can't wait for an exciting day tomorrow, including Luci Swindoll, Lisa Harper & Natalie Grant! Check back for more updates then!
Meghan

Floored :)

Loving our seats on the floor for the evening session! :) Stay tuned for hopefully one more post later tonight! :) God bless!
Soli Deo Gloria,
Meghan

Sessions 2 & 3!

Today has just been amazing so far! Session 2 was Dr. Cloud's second talk & focused on "necessary endings". He talked about pruning, under what circumstances it occurs & how it applies to our lives. He also discussed how we're all hoarders on some level & how our fears & attachments make pruning difficult. "Today may be the enemy of your tomorrow."
Session 3 began w/ a Q&A with both Sheila & Dr. Cloud. Some "sound bites" from that include: "The bigger the trouble, the faster you run home", how the inability to forgive is crippling, & how we were never intended/designed to judge ourselves & that critical voice in our heads is a result of the Fall.
Sheila was back up next for her 2nd talk. This time she focused on Jesus' promise of peace in John 14:27. "Peace is not the absence of trouble, it's the presence of Christ." She reminded us we have to make the decision to be at the feet of the Peace Promiser. It's an attitude, a determination of will.
Almost time for the evening session! :)

Session One!

Session one is now done! It was an absolutely fabulous start to everything! We started off in song with the worship team. I recognized two songs from their CD but one was new so it was a nice mix.
Then Sheila Walsh took the stage, speaking on God's promises. Two sound bites/quotes for you: "You have not lived an unloved moment in your life." And "When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change, you will change." She talked about the woman with the blood issue in Mark 5 & how Jesus wanted to give her a bigger miracle than she came for. When she comes forward & tells Him the whole truth, Jesus gives her a greater gift than her healing by calling her "daughter" (ONLY time he calls an single woman this) & telling her to "go in peace".
Then Dr. Henry Cloud discussed some content of his new book "The Law of Happiness". The 2 attributes of happy people he discussed were happy people are givers & happy people are connected people.
No more space left :( On to Session 2!

We have arrived!! :) My friend and I rode Metro in this morning with the commuters and made our way to the Verizon Center. Today's daytime session is general admission and since we have seats on the floor for the rest of the conference we decided to sit a couple of rows up from the floor. It's 945a now and the conference starts at 10a so we are just relaxing and enjoying the time. :) They have music playing from the "Rejoice" CD I reviewed a little while back and it's beautiful. I love recognizing the songs and humming along with them. :) So excited!! :D More to come...
Soli Deo Gloria,
Meghan