He Spoke at She Speaks
We pick Mitchell up this afternoon from his week at summer church camp.
He’ll be tired. There will be a suitcase full of dirty clothes and good-byes at the bus drop-off to the new friends he made this year. He’ll be hungry but he will be satisfied. And I pray, as I shared here about Spencer a few weeks ago, he will have a heart that is nesting in a new place, closer to his God.
I feel as if Mackenzie and I just got picked up from summer camp last night at the airport. We were tired. Our suitcased sported dirty clothes. We said our good-byes at the hotel and the Charlotte airport to the sweet new friends we have made. We were hungry for home. But we are satisfied. God spoke at She Speaks as He does each year. And we sisters learned a little more about listening.
We did this by hearing Bible-loving Wendy teach us to wait; Sister-mentoring Renee train us to actively rest. Our eyes were opened to see ourselves as the broken one in need of a fresh touch from the Savior by new friend Jennifer who posesses clear biblical insight yet lacks physically the ability to see anything. Talented and worshipful Cheri lead us in praise. And as always, remarkable Lysa, who gives all credit to God, illuminated and inspired us to find our own remarkable.
Kenzie and I drank in every moment we could with old friends. We laughed and connected with dozens of new ones who too are on the journey of making God famous through their writing, speaking and serving.
We didn’t want to come home.
But we must do the next thing. Which for me is heading to Focus on the Family in the morning to record for a few days. For Kenzie it is performing in a summer theatre-in-the-park performance and then, in a few weeks, heading to school.
What is your next thing?ย
Do it for God’s glory.
Do it well.
I’m doing it….the Next Thing. Now I just need to figure out what
it is…
Can’t wait to hear your beautiful words of encouragement on my local station. :)
hi Sweet Sister!
I am praying for your time at Focus! Tell Christine Bebe hello for me… and Yyvette Maher if you run into them.
I am so proud of you and thankful to serve on the same team with you. Thanks for the linky love when you mentioned my talk. It really blessed me to read what you wrote.
Love you!
Karen,
Thanks for the reminder to do the next thing. I connected with my literary agent this morning. At She Speaks, I connected with many woman who have a heart for teens, which was so encouraging. I feel challenged to try to create an email newsletter to those who have teens or invest in teens. Challenge it would be – I HATE techy stuff!
Praying for you tomorrow!
Lynn
Wow, Karen! You don’t even have time to fully recover before you start again. I’m praying for you!