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Paula Hendricks

Wrapping up in Chattanooga

Posted on by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: True Woman Conferences

Good morning, ladies. If I haven’t said so yet, thank you for following along with us this weekend. It’s been so fun to share it with you!

Many of you have asked how you can listen to these conference messages. By Wednesday, March 31, we should have the conference messages available in the True Woman Store. These will only be available until April 30, so go shopping soon! (Also, remember that you can view pictures from this weekend on www.Facebook.com/TrueWomanMovement.)  

This morning was a nice breather from the rich smorgasbord of spiritual food we’ve been feasting on this weekend. Bob Lepine talked and laughed with Mary Kassian, Holly Elliff, Carolyn McCulley, Dannah Gresh, Lindsey Wagstaffe, and Rosalyn Hickman about everything from mentoring to flying meatloaf.

Nancy’s just started talking to us from Deborah’s life. After that, we’re going to have a special True Woman Manifesto Ceremony. (Be sure to check out this new video on “Why a Manifesto.”)



If video does not play watch it here.

The conference should be over around 12:15 p.m., and then I’m planning to help interview women about how the conference impacted them. If you attended the conference and I don’t catch you in the hall this afternoon, would you leave a comment below letting us know how God met you here?

After our team cleans up and tears down, we’ll have dinner together celebrating God’s faithfulness this past weekend. Then, we’ll do some extreme bonding tomorrow as we as drive back to Michigan together. Wave and honk if you see us; we’ll be in the bus that’s riding really low to the ground.

Thank you to all you volunteers, donors, and prayer warriors who made this weekend possible!

Soli deo Gloria.

Comments

  1. I was unable to come to Chattanooga, so keeping up with the conference via Facebook has been an awesome blessing! Thank you...and God Bless you all during the wrap up and travels home.

    We are hosting a True Woman retreat for our church the weekend of April 23-24 based on the 2008 conference. Please keep the Living Hope Community Church women in your prayers!

    We will see you in Indianapolis!!
    posted by Susan
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 12:48 pm
  2. Thankfully, I was at the True Woman '10 in Chattanooga -- what an impact, and reminder of who we are as Christian women, "for such a time as this!" Praying now for Nancy DeMoss and the whole team, all the people involved, especially those "behind the scenes," so vital to the whole program. And I'll be praying for the TRue Woman conferences in Indianapolis and in Fort Worth.
    posted by Bonnie
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1:17 pm
  3. I was at the Conference this weekend and WOW what an experience! I have often realized how much influence we as women have in our lives but I was really challenged this weekend to get out of my comfort zone and impact the younger generation and fight the culture war we are in. It's time for me to wake up! I want to thank and encourage Nancy to keep up the good fight! You are all in my prayers as you continue on your journey. I know God was honored this weekend! Thank you again for your commitment to Christ our King!
    posted by Lisa
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 2:43 pm
  4. God definitely met me at the conference in Chattanooga this weekend. I am fortunate to be able to be at home by myself this afternoon allowing the gravity of the commitment to swim upstream, as a counter-cultural woman, sink in. I actually signed the manifesto online shortly after the Chicago conference (though I wasn't there). Seeing at feeling the weight of the journey from Nancy's perspective has made me realize that I have only begun to "bang the drum" for our cause. From now on, instead of the sound of marching to a different drummer, I will hear the lovely sound of the pipes thanks to the Getty's. What a blessing the entire conference was! Thank you to everyone near and far from Chattanooga who helped bring it to fruition. To God be the glory.
    posted by Susan Perrin
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 3:07 pm
  5. Sounds like you've had a wonderful conference! I've enjoyed your posts, Paula, and will look at the conference messages later. :)
    posted by April
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 3:09 pm
  6. My daughter and I and dear friends had a wonderful time at the retreat. Thank ya'll so very much for all your hard work and prayers and everything the LORD did through you to "Revive Our Hearts," and challenge us to be a "True Woman." GOD bless ya'll!
    posted by Mitzi Evans
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6:09 pm
  7. I had a great time at the Woman's conference in Chattanooga. I already shared stories with my friend about awesome speakers such as Jennifer Rothschild, Bob Lepine & James MacDonald. The worship was above my expectations. A special thanks to Getty's family!!!
    posted by Irina Moshenskiy
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:30 pm
  8. I stand in awe of how God is bring about the counter-cultural revolution as He is on the move to call and purify His Bride. This conference is an answer to prayer! Thank you Jesus and all the faithful servants of the Lord who are living for "somthing better" than what the world is offering. Finally hope has come!
    www.nancylincoln.net
    posted by Nancy
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:58 pm
  9. I was able to attend True Woman '10 in Chattanooga, after having had the opportunity to attend True Woman '08 in Shaumburg, Ill. What a blessing they have both been to me! It was such joy to be here this week, and see the ways in which God has manifested His wonderful plan for Biblical womanhood and manhood in my life, my marriage, my family and my community since 2008. I also came away with some additional things He will have me to work on with His love and instruction!! He's not done with me yet! :)

    I am so thankful for the opportunity to be showered with God's word by Godly men and women this weekend. It has really pressed home the centrality of God's word, and how it and the Holy Spirit are the vital elements of how all this makes sense! Given the fact that my husband and I are searching for a new church home because the one in which we have been a member has fallen so far away from valuing God's word, it was important for me to be reminded of this as we continue our search for our new place of ministry.

    Thank you, Nancy, and the rest of the Revive our Hearts team for being a safe harbor in this storm where we can go for guidance and wisdom from Biblically grounded Christians! Blessings to you! Your work does matter so greatly! Thank you for being willing to shoulder the storm on behalf of men and woman around the world!

    Much Love!
    posted by Allison DeLong
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm
  10. I got back home today from the weekend conference and it was AWESOME!!!! I am 26 and didn't realize how importance my role of being wife and mom really is, until many speakers made such a wonderful impact in my life. God has spoke to me to stay home full time instead of being a career woman. I'm struggling with this as I need my husband to be in support and i want to be submissive to him. So, help me pray that God reveals to us both the need to take a stand to not being conformed to this world's desire but God's desires. Thank you so much for such a blessed weekend, I will never forget this experience because God has called me to be a TRUE BIBLICAL WOMAN!!!!
    posted by Melissa
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:05 pm
  11. Melissa,
    I'll be praying for both you and your husband to pray together and be in agreemeet about staying home full time . Give God time to work in both of your hearts and lives.
    posted by Kathryn
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:16 pm
  12. Blessings to all... I've prayed for God's Spirit to work in all.

    Thank you for sharing God's work with all of us... To God be the Glory great things He Hath Done...

    Only HIS wounds can Heal the broken... give faith to the faithless... only His wounds can restore us.. again...

    Praise be to Christ and His servants who desire to spread his word to us.. My love goes out to Nancy and all the staff and speakers... May God give you rest, refreshment and continued fruitfulness..
    posted by Margie
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:18 pm
  13. I was at the conference with several sisters in Christ, and we have not been home long. I am listening to the Getty CD and trying not to lose the feeling and sounds of the time at True Woman. It just really hit me that although I thought the conference was Awesome and Magnificent (both with capital letters!), it was just so wonderful that those words don't do it justice!! My lovely home just feels a bit lonely and lacking without the united spirit we all felt together. It really was like heaven on Earth. Unlike any experience I have ever had...a true mountain top experience. I am back in the battle with renewed vigor. I can not thank Revive Our Hearts enough for the love and work they put into my life, because that is really what you did....your work put into the conference was as if you literally put work into my family. I know every over lady must feel the same way. I am eternally grateful and will strive to support your work in any and every way that I can. May God multiply your time, give you deep rest every night of your life, and the supernatural energy to do the will of God. Love and hugs to you!
    posted by Pam
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:36 pm
  14. What a wonderful and challenging time we had as nine of we friends attended True Woman '10. Each lady was ministered to in different ways, but one thing certain, we ALL came away thrilled, loaded with inspirational material and thoughts, determined to be more Godly and so much aware that this is the message for our day. This event had to take enormous effort, but thank you, Nancy for the vision and the will to carry on when the going gets rough. God is surely using your ministry and we are just "full." Tired, but not sure our thoughts can quiet down enough to sleep. Thank you all and most of all our great Savior.
    posted by Kathy Churchill
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 10:49 pm
  15. The conference was phenomenol. I felt God's presence in the worship music, through every guest speaker, through Nancy, through ladies I met, through the 7:30am prayer meetings. God was very, very present. Thank you to the entire True Woman staff and all who worked very hard to following the call of the Lord to organize such a God-inspired event!!
    posted by Carolyn D. Davis
    on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 10:57 pm
  16. What a blessing to be at the conference! Every session stepped on my toes but I have to say that the brief video of how the Lord worked on Kimberly Wagner's heart convicted me. I am ashamed to say that I saw myself in her testimony. As if it was a mirror image of me! Her willingness to be transparent allowed the Holy Spirit to continue to the work in my heart that He started long before the conference. I have returned home with a repentant heart seeking daily dependance on my Savior! Praise my Savior for His love and grace!
    http://schindelfam6.blogspot.com
    posted by Tammy
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 1:24 am
  17. Dearest Sisters in Christ, I feel compelled to share my most amazing (and not amazing because I'm telling it!) story from the conference, and there were MANY things I heard and witnessed that were as dear Leslie S. might say, Awesome. :c) I'll tell you all right now, my feeble words can NOT do it justice... I wished Paula had been sitting there with us (a smile to you Paula). Actually now, I wish many sisters could have sat there like a terrific book was being read out loud (because it was that surreal). I hope you will not stop half way through and judge me, for how I understand a scripture, BUT instead give the benefit of any doubts and read till you've read it all.

    I met three very young looking ladies, all with little prayer caps on their heads. Lovely in itself because it is extremely hard to have this conviction in a mass of others who have not (look to 1 Corinthians chapter 11). I myself used to have the exact same conviction for a short time but many things happened between then and now I only cover my head when in fellowship. I cover it with my hand impromptu when prayer just comes. I stopped to tell them how beautiful it was to see women who didn't change because it wasn't conforming to something else (which would have been MUCH easier for only 3 days). Unlike, how I have conformed. I found it encouraging to see. Am I ever so glad I stopped! I almost didn't have the courage. Because I know many feel this is 'legalism' I have to say: Done out of love, is anything? I did it out of love when I did, they do also. Anyhow that was an aside, here's the story:

    There is a lady where they attend fellowship. She has a disease, it's like celiacs (sp?) as far as I could gather (I forget details far too much) and is quite seriously affecting her health. So the WHOLE congregation (aside from some occasional dalliances' from the kiddos) has gone on a special diet with HER, TO ENCOURAGE HER IN THIS HARDSHIP! I listened as they shared (as much as my blabber mouth wanted to ask more, and hear as fast as I could... ugh!).

    I have to stop a second here and say: This topic only came up because I eat a vegetarian (vegan to be exact) diet. I mention this so you can understand why we went into such a discussion...to put it in context.

    They did it partly, so they could try out recipes separately and then share the really good ones with each other and especially her. But completely out of Christian conviction, brotherly Charity. One of the men lost FAR too much weight so he went back to a regular diet (for only that reason though). And so you can get a better depth of this outpouring: This diet was very strict. It included a period where 'no grains' and I think @ the same time, 'no meat or dairy' were part of it!!!

    As it sunk in what that WHOLE congregation did. I faltered. I had to look away. My breathing felt constricted. I was deeply OVERCOME, with the fullness of what was going on there, where they fellowship. The tears came as I tried to hold back (I don't like to upset people with a strong feeling), it was inevitable. But NEVER in my life had I heard of THAT kind of dedicated upholding of a fellow saint. I thought; 'I have to go and sit with these people and get to know them more.' I pray I will. I have Jesus and they have Him but... somehow something is VERY lacking in my walk. And this story put a spotlight right there.

    I have to stop writing, it is painful to say anything more. I wonder if anyone will understand it the same way. I felt pretty alone when I walked away from these sisters. A good thing though, not sure why but my day was a stunner full of sunshine, I expect a battle in the morning.

    God bless all my sisters in Christ, may you all FINISH WELL.

    Peace, love and sincere hopes for blessings and personal revival, in EACH and every one of you.

    Praise the mighty KING, Jesus Christ IS Lord.

    PS No, I did not in any rite feel worthy to hear their story, I felt ashamed to be sitting at that table, humbled and overjoyed, at once.
    posted by Jenny
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3:55 am
  18. Oh, Jenny. God bless you. That is, truly, what we are missing: extreme examples of radically, sacrificial love. Thank-you for sharing that. It convicts me and gives me hope at the same time. Many of us are so consumed with things of earth that it clouds our perspectives. That testimony clears it up! After all, every single word and deed of Jesus was sacrificial, until the most radically sacrificial of all..........the CROSS!!!
    posted by Cindy in Maine
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 6:19 am
  19. Jenny that is so sweet. Love goes places that other things can't (sorry about the word "things" - but you may get my drift!!

    Judy
    posted by judy
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 11:11 am
  20. Cindy, may God bless you also. It means a lot to me to see the words of a sister in such loving encouragment! I pray your conviction only leads to more as he guides you, he's chosen for you a unique and stunningly beautiful path. Our Father desires the VERY best for us. Ah, yet another cause to rejoice and praise!!! I enjoyed, not only your comment but HOW you wrote it. I do hope to see you here again, and again. :c)

    Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice! (a line from a hymn that I love)

    Praise the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me, PRAISE his holy name!! (emphasis added)

    Psalm 103:1 (KJV)

    Peace, love n' blessings,

    Jenny
    posted by Jenny
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 11:45 am
  21. The Lord renewed His fire in my heart at this past weekend conference in Chattanooga. So many speakers spoke to my heart. I am 60 and was given a scholarship so I could attend. I am doubly grateful for being there. Thank you Nancy for speaking feelings that I have felt in my life. I only wished I could attend the other two held this year.
    posted by helen
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:53 pm
  22. TO: Paula Hendricks
    Hello, We met at the true woman conference this past weekend, during the Teen Track. I was there with a group of girls. We were the teens who volunteered. Hopefully you remember us! We were hoping if we could stay in touch with you. I really don't know if I can put my personal info on here but my e-mail address is auntiesarah18@gmail.com. I would really love it if you could e-mail us back!
    Thank you so much!
    posted by Sarah Barksdale
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2:56 pm
  23. Iam so thankful i was able to be at the true woman conferance in chattanooga it made a huge impact on my life.
    posted by Mary
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 4:38 pm
  24. This weekend was so enlightening! All the speakers had the same mindset and heart to share their passion of WOMANHOOD. I have been grieved over the fact that we as women have fallen for the lies of this world and have been taught them as fact by so many that we have looked up to over the years. Its no wonder we are such a mess!
    I do believe that our FATHER made each of us in HIS image, unique and unlike anything else in creation. In HIS word HE states that there is none like HIM. HE is unique and although we fall short of HIS perfection, we to are uniquely made and as such, we ALL have a very special purpose to fulfill in bringing glory and honor to HIS name.
    Thank you for the reassurance and encouragement of this weekend!
    posted by ROSEANN MILBY
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 4:49 pm
  25. Thank you so much for putting this past conference in Chattanooga together. I carried around a burden for many years for my prodigal sons and at this conference I finally gave that burden to Jesus. What a release ...........The whole event has transformed my life. I will never be the same. Jesus did a mighty work in my life and I am grateful..............Praise the Lord!!
    posted by Renee
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 9:37 pm
  26. Thank you ladies for sharing your sweet testimonies; they are inspiring! It is so good to hear of the wonderful works of the Lord. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness in Chatanooga! Jenny, I enjoyed your testimony about the sacrificial love between those church members.
    May the Lord bless you all!
    In His love,
    posted by Leslie S.
    on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 9:50 pm
  27. Jenny, Thank you for sharing. We all need to get there with you. I read of a lady who lost her hair to chemo. She was a pastor's wife and when she went into the church the following Sunday...all the ladies were wearing hats so that she wouldn't feel odd with her hat on. That's love.

    I envy her and these ladies and your heart as well. Sometimes I feel such a hardness and a coldness in my heart. I try to fight it because I know it's not right to feel the way that I feel sometimes.

    A minister asked me last night what was holding me back from receiving all from God and I replied..I don't know...I don't know how to just surrender everything to Him. I mean it is easy to say with my mouth but words are cheap. I want my heart to say it as well.

    So God bless you for sharing your heart, Jenny, wish that you worked at the desk next to me. We'd probably not get any work done for talking about the Lord. LOL
    posted by Jodi
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 8:18 am
  28. Dear Jodi,

    Were you at the desk with Debbie Hancock??! Oh, it would have been wonderful to meet you. Can you make it to Texas? I am going into prayer! After you wrote that for some reason it inspired me to pray for 100 ladies to come with me. Teens to... well let's say; A whole lot older than teens! :c) I have such high expectations now. If I could just tell you how many mini miracles God performed to just GET me to that conference you and I would have an hour of smiles and enthusiasm.

    Thank you for your words dear sister, the thought of that congregation, oh how dear! The lady who had chemo must have faltered at the doorway the way I did when I HAD to look away. Wish against wishes that I could have done that moment justice with my words but Gods stories... I think now I understand about 'seeing through a glass darkly' the one who wrote that down, for/with God, had a good idea of how I felt when I tried to write that story, I think.

    Where I fellowship, a young brother who spoke from the pulpit said "In this world it is a struggle to get to the very TOP of that heap! Being a Christian, boy oh, quite exact the opposite! Do YOU want a SERVANTS HEART? Try struggling for the BOTTOM of that heap!" Those words just about stopped my heart. I've been thinking about it nearly every day since, I think he said it 4 weeks ago. Nice thing: I forget which young man said it. I believe our Father speaks into our hearts, he can use the feeblest of things to turn us on a dime. I am SO glad, I NOW feel like he speaks to me directly through His word and EVERY ONE AND EVERY THING around me, softly at times but then when I put it to His Word from the bible, it becomes more of a shout, like a reverse echo (if that makes sense).

    You see that Jodi? You were right. If I'd sat next to you it would have been a veritable Niagara of words... I'd hope from both of us, dear sister!

    Are you the Jodi that regularly writes here? If not could you? And could you put an initial at the end of your name... or maybe end it with the same thing every time like I do? So, everyone reading can know, oh.. it's THAT Jodi. :c)

    Peace, love and blessings everyone, may your day be God focused....let's reach for the bottom ladies! *chuckles*
    posted by Jenny
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 10:34 am
  29. I had a great time at the conference! I was especially blessed by Mrs. Rothschild!
    posted by chakia
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 12:57 pm
  30. I attended the True Woman conference this week-end. It inspired my heart so very much through the fantastic speakers and through the singing. I just finished "A Place of Quite Rest" with Nancy a few months ago. This is a great book. It's exactly the book I needed at the time. I was hoping to meet her pesonally but never had the chance. I think she is a very godly woman.This conference brought me closer to God. I have a desire to read God's word more and to Know him, and his will. I also have a prodical son which is a preachers son. But God is so good and is always on time, his time. My son was at church the Sunday after the conference. My heart was truly blessed. Thanks to all that set the conference up. But I give the Glory all to God.
    posted by Debbie Eldredge
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 3:07 pm
  31. Dear Debbie,

    Not sure if you'd be interested, but did you say you're a pastor's wife? I pray with another sister and a pastor's wife for prodicals, in our lives (and also all prodigals). Would you like to join us in prayer? I know the ladies would LOVE to pray with and for you!

    Just cut and paste this link to a previous TW blog. :c)

    http://www.truewoman.com/?id=940

    This invitation is extented to anyone who would like to pray for prodigals!

    May God bless you richly in your faithfulness to stay the course. :c)

    Peace, love n' blessings all,

    Jenny

    Psalm 121
    posted by Jenny
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm
  32. I was so thankful to be able to attend the Chattanooga Conference!
    It was so refreshing to me! I am proud to be a TRUE WOMAN and apart of the movement!
    It is also nice to be able to spend time with women who have the same heart! Thank you to all who put in the time and effort and work to make this possible!
    posted by Heather Corwine
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 3:53 pm
  33. Dear Judy and Leslie S,

    I am so happy you enjoyed that post, I realize the words were feeble but a story like that has it's own life (if I can say such a thing, if not please forgive my flesh).

    I was happy to be back and see you both here, feel like I'm back to the ol' neighborhood. *chuckles*

    Peace, love n' blessings all.

    PS I am in agreance (sp?) with Heather above: Thank you every one who put their efforts into the TW conference, what a lovely way to spend your time!
    posted by Jenny
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 4:11 pm
  34. Paula,
    What a good idea to get those conference messages!
    Such a great tool for us ;Jessica & I to hear while we care for Laurie.
    Jody, I agree put your initial on your name like Nancy requested Leslie.s & I (Leslie.n) do & we can say; "Oh it you, you you" :-)
    I'm so busy, and I do believe that getting The Word concentratedly into my heart will make me a new & improved Leslie.n (I mentioned this to Kay on the last blog; The Fights Not Over.) Do go see, see see :-)
    Love In Christ,
    Leslie N.
    posted by Leslie.n
    on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 9:32 pm
  35. Yes, It's me...I guess I would be called Jodi C.. I didn't get to the conference, although I've read everything that Paula has put on the website and I've been looking at other things too. I wish I could have been there. I have two small children and a full time job and Chattanooga is just too far to travel alone right now. Maybe when my little girl gets a little bit older and would understand some of what is being taught, we can make it a "girl's weekend" out. So yes...Texas is out of the question and so is Indiana (unless of course, the Lord works a miracle and sends some other true women my way that are going way and I can hitch a ride). By the way, I live in South Carolina...I'm sure there are other true women in the Palmetto State but I haven't met any.

    Please do keep me in your prayers. My conversations most of the time are limited to a 3 year old and an almost 18 month (born during the last TW conference in October 2008), an elderly lady from my church maybe once every 2 or 3 months ( I call it my "sobriety" class) and my TW sisters who I talk with on this blog.

    I read the transcripts today of the ROH broadcast. WOW. I was overwhelmed after reading it. I also went to a revival service last evening and the minister preached on the "Holy Fire of God"...double WOW. I'm really needing a fresh revelation of the holness of God and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I prayed for that last night and I'm praying for it today. It's the only thing that's going to keep us focused in this last hour of time.

    God bless you all...Jenny, Paula, Leslie N., Leslie S....and all of my other blog sisters...I hope you have a life changing Holy Week and I hope this Resurrection Day is the best you've ever had.
    posted by Jodi C.
    on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:02 pm
  36. Dear Jodi C.,

    Thanks so much for helping us to "C" you!! *chuckles*... I know, talk about a groaner!

    You may not believe it but I am 99.9% positive those three ladies I spoke about are from South Carolina too! I'm sure it's a big ol' state, but WOW! I would be so excited for you if you could meet them too!!!! I am, as it is, excited for you. You know the verse about Him 'beginning a work' in you? I believe it, I think you are receiving it! How thrilling. I have full faith that 'true women' are about to start coming out of the weirdest most un-guess-able places for you! In His time, for His purposes. :c)

    That's what He did for me.

    I hope you also have a life changing Holy Week! And I hope it on our sisters, Judy, the dearest Leslie's, Paula, Arlene, NGU, Kim, Nancy, Tammy, Debbie, Dana etc etc and then some... oh I know! How about; Each and every Christian sister and brother alive? Yes, now that covers it!

    I have to praise God for the revival He's placed in my own heart (and I do, every time it's too big to ignore and every time I remember to!). And thank Him so much for the Hope he's set on fire in me! :c)

    Peace, love n' blessings to you, dear sisters in Christ!
    posted by Jenny
    on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2:01 pm
  37. Hi ladies, wow, it really sounded great! Today, I was thinking about James and how in one passage it says "But let him ask in faith without doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind".

    Amazing!

    I had this idea of all of us ladies like flowers - but which stay rooted in God.

    Poetic, isn't it?

    Hi Jodi and Jenny (:o)(:o) I also know of a young boy who lost his hair to chemio and his best friend shaved his head too. That's love.

    Isn't love just ..........amazing!!!

    Jodi - I think that a love affair with God starts in a small way and then it grows and grows and grows and NOTHING is ever the same again. Alleluia!!!

    Hugs to all of my sisters in the Lord on here,



    Judy (in the sky Jenny)
    posted by judy
    on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2:30 pm
  38. The Chattanooga conference was a wonderful blessing! The Lord really worked on me and is still working with some of the little things I was doing or saying to my husband that were definitely not God's will. In this short time, I can see what a difference my new attitude is making in my marriage. Also, Jennifer Rothschild's breakout session on my thoughts in the "thought closet" was just what I needed in my personal and professional relationships. I'm prayerfully considering taking my daughter to the one in Indianapolis. She is married to an unbeliever and I think sometimes she uses that as an excuse not to be the kind of wife God planned. My prayers are with all of you who attended and will attend the next two conferences!
    posted by Jodi N.
    on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2:41 pm
  39. Jenny, Jenny, Jenny...Oh Jenny...This is Jodi C...if all your prayers get answered like the one you prayed for me yesterday, then I have a few more requests I'd like you to add to your lists. (You know...you said you were going to pray that here in SC I would come in contact with True Women.)

    Well, I've gotten two emails just this morning and I think a TW conference is going to be in the works for South Carolina. Thank you Lord.

    Anyway, thank you for prayin'. I'm so excited. God has smiled on South Carolina today. LOL.

    Thank you to anyone else who said a prayer also. LOL.
    :c)
    posted by Jodi C.
    on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 9:34 am
  40. Dear Judy!

    Your letter was such a JOY! I just wrote you a whole letter and then clicked something by accident and it was gone. Goes to show how fleeting things are in this world. :c) So here I go again:

    YOUR flower thought IS poetic. I'm often thinking of roots and fruit. When you said it I felt like: "Huh, was Judy at that conference?", as one of the most comical (in my mind) moments of the whole conference was: Kay Arthur on stage, trying to indicate that she'd 'got roots'! She stomped her legs slightly apart, and then she wriggled her fingers downward as she bent slightly forward to indicate the roots going down. Why did that crack me up? Because boy, oh! Is that gal cute and any little thing like that just makes her cuter! Her enthusiasm for the word is gloriously infectious!

    So I thought; Huh, it just felt like Judy was there, eh? Well then, you go on to say that verse from James (or was it in the reverse order? Ugh, I don't know)! That's what James MacDonald mentioned in his stunner of a message! But what you really put back into my mind was his main thought in James 1:2. James M. said something like:

    "So, dude writes all the niceties in the first verse and then KAPOW! He socks you with "My brethren COUNT IT ALL JOY when ye FALL INTO diverse temptations;"" (emphasis added, and no, he didn't use the KJV, that's the one I use)

    I was SO immensely blessed by his enthusiasm in this verse! Now, I'll try and share with you why:

    On Monday night (the second night after my return) I woke in the night to both of my children ill, one with a very high fever (the baby, aged 3) and the other worse: I felt my sons back and he was near ice cold, I said in my head; 'Father, please no'. Then I looked for an indication of breathing, placing my hand on his chest I felt nothing, I said then; 'Father it can't be.' So I reached for the closest bright light and to my joy I found he was in fact still breathing! What a PRAISE GOD moment! I knelt between the two beds still a bit shook up (but it was nothing to what I would have been like, only 10 months ago) and a voice flashed in my mind (Probably Dr. MacDonald's) 'COUNT IT ALL JOY JENNY!" and I thought; 'How joy?' and just as suddenly, my salvation came into focus. How I REJOICED! I got it, loud and clear, HE was there in this dark hour, He's with me all the while, in dark times and peaceful ones too.

    Thank you Judy. That all happened at 3 in the morning and it faded with the joy of the morning (both of them up and seeming well even though little one still was fevered). I've called the doctor and a friend and am now at peace with their condition (I've found my thermometer and have a fever reduction medicine for them). My Saviour gave me the real peace though. I understood, in that moment, how God can take us through ANYTHING when we face Him (look to Him) and add to that HIS unfathomable 'Christ-Joy' (the JOY of Salvation, the joy of 'the HOPE'). I finally, am understanding what real faith is about.

    I'm so glad you're my sister Judy, reading that made me feel you'd touched the sky!

    Jodi C.!

    I felt SO powerfully that God would soon have people just coming out of nowhere for you! I thought well, maybe it will be some time! I still feel at one point in the future you'll wonder at how he opened the veritable flood gate of fellowship and you'll have a blessed hour of praise in your heart and voice.

    I'm SO happy you shared your answers to prayer thus far, I'm believing whole heartedly on you:

    "rejoice(ing) in time to come!" (emphasis and 'ing' added) Proverbs 31:25 (the end part thereof KJV translation)

    I am excited for your future. Hope to read you soon!

    Peace, love n' blessings all!
    posted by Jenny
    on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:11 pm

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