The Allume conference has came and past.
A whirlwind of take offs and landings, business cards and name badges,
roommates and chocolates, speakers and an out pouring of encouragement.
When God calls you to the other side of the country, leaving your three children
and traveling alone for the first time, it is quite an adventure and a constant
reminder of his provision; Jehovah - Jireh. An entire exercise in trust, something God has been working on in me this year.
Trusting God to lead and for me
to follow.
Trusting that whatever God had
for me during this time, it would be just what he had planned.
Trusting that everything would be
secure on the home front.
Trusting that I would make my
flights and find the connections, despite my lack of direction and the playing
of musical gates with the airlines as they decided which one was now best.
Trusting I would make it on the
correct shuttle to the hotel and not on the one that stood waiting long before
I was there.
Trusting my rotating roommates
would be genuine and not on the creeper side.
And God came through. My husband
rocked the home; complete with Chick-fil-a and night feedings. I made each
flight, even though one was overbooked and my seat was TBD and I was the final
person to board. The shuttle came on time, despite a delayed flight. My
roommates were the sweetest women, more than I could have imagined. And peace lavishly
covered each day and hour.
The speakers were authentic and
held beautiful incites and truths but it was the conversations with women from
across the US (and Canada) that sewed the conference together so eloquently,
along with those on the planes and streets. The way God brought each one
together at just the right moment. One Spirit lead conversation after another
with threads only God could sew. Another reason to stand in awe and wonder at him. Life's trials and
journey's exchanged; meeting one another as words formed pictures of days past,
now redeemed and hemmed in hope and sent with encouragement. Seeing glimpses of the Masterpiece coming together this side of eternity.
Trust in the Lord with
all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
This verse has been embedded in this year and a constant encouragement throughout the days for I could never
understand it all.
Praying whatever you are holding
in your hands that you would give it to the Lord. That you would trust he is
working out everything for your good and know there is nothing you can do to
slow it down or speed it up or work out. He is in control of even the smallest
of things because he truly cares for you - his child. Praying your eyes would
be opened to the areas where trust is lacking and that you would jump in with
both feet covered in faith and radiating in his peace.
Here's to more trust and
adventures.