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Women of Faith 2009
August 21st 2009 No comments yet
Have you been to Women of Faith seminar yet??
If you haven’t – you should!
Take your sister, take your mother, take your daughter, take your best friend, take any woman you love and any woman that you don’t!
I went this year – my first. Oh, I have been invited many times before and something just always came up that kept me from going. Things at the time I thought needed priority than a two day women fest. I enjoy women’s company don’t get me wrong, I am one of them, but the thought of being stuck in a arena for two days with a couple thousand women – not sure that this was my kind of “cup of tea”.
I have always been kind of a curmudgeon when it comes to attending Women’s Ministry events. Not because I don’t think they aren’t good or do wonderful things because they do. It’s just that well, generally it’s a personality conflict. You see, I grew up a tomboy and most of my career life I have worked with mostly men. Not until coming to Stonebriar have I ever really worked with other women. So, I am not exactly sugary sweet, I don’t cry easily & I croak not sing. When I think of Women’s Events –I think pink, fluffy sugary sweet… (uck)
But this weekend, I experienced an amazing time that I never anticipated. When I wasn’t laughing, I was crying and when I wasn’t crying I was bonding with women. One was my best friend from Seattle, others were perfect strangers. It is almost impossible for me to articulate the total experience. It was as if my shell was cracked wide open and all of the eweie gooey stuff inside of me was exposed to the Holy Spirit. It allowed the testimonies, the music and the women around me touch my soul to the core – the clarity of the Lord’s voice to my heart was truly was brilliant.
That weekend will resonate in my memory for a long, long time. I hope what the Lord did there this weekend will not fade away from me none too soon.
So, next year when this wonderful event comes back around… I will be one of the 1st ones to sign up and I will be dragging anyone I possibly can gather in my net. I encourage you to do the same!
