This week is the 83rd Missions Conference at Biola.
As lovely as it is to be without classes for the next three days,
I feel even more blessed that I am in a place that
seeks to focus our attention
where God is focused.
The band United Pursuit is leading worship.
This is my favorite song by them:
They played it this afternoon.
So good.
I love the image of climbing a mountain with hands wide open.
I'm trying to learn what it means to open my hands more.
They pack a lot into this conference so I am trying to be intentional
about making space to process what I am learning.
When I am immersed in deepening my love and understanding of God,
sometimes I forget that I am human,
that I have to stop
every now and then
to process.
I love that God designed me to need space to
process.
The words intentional and process are two of my favorite words.
They're right up there with encouragement and joy.
I LOVE words.
I love words that really really matter and make a difference.
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Last night as I was falling asleep, I had a hankering for a creative idea.
{Pre-sleep time is usually my most brilliant}
[Backstory]
So I worked up at Hume Lake Christian Camps this summer.
Besides being an incredible experience for my heart and soul and mind,
I developed the habit of wearing a watch.
There is no cell phone service up there and so
watching it up
was the only way to get anywhere on time.
After the summer ended, I kept the habit alive.
I bought the CUTEST watch from Target.
But then the band started to fall apart as I wore it ever so faithfully.
[Flash-forward. ]
Last night, I decided to bring it back to life.
I cut the watch head part
{ummm anyone know the anatomy of watches?}
and then took a piece of yellow stringyish from
my favorite belt.
And this is what happened
I'm pretty excited about it,
as can be seen by my very expressive hand.
I love yellow things.
I love watches.
I love Missions Conferences.
I love Jesus.
Because he first loved me.
P.s. Do yourself a BIG favor and watch this,
she is one of my favorite people ever.
I can't wait to hang out with her in heaven.
{happy ears lead to a happy hearted Maddy}
