Deeper Still

This weekend I drove to Atlanta with some friends from church to attend the Deeper Still conference with Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer and Kay Arthur. It was exhausting...but good. As always, these bible teachers were passionate. VERY passionate. Priscilla was my fave of the weekend....very deep but very relational...like Lysa Terkeurst. Kay was on a mission to discuss politics which I sort of zoned out of a bit, and I don't think I was the only one, but it could have been due to only 3 hours of sleep....but I'd never heard her before so didn't know what to expect. Beth brought it home, as usual, but we were all so tired by the afternoon session a few in my group (Heather and Vicki, I won't say your last names!!!!) nodded off to sleep and I caught myself almost falling asleep, too. Okay, okay, I know it was Beth Moore, but why oh why did she have to be last??? Oh yea, so we wouldn't leave! But all in all, the overall message of the weekend was that YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN THING GOING WITH JESUS. Don't depend of Beth or Lysa or any other speaker (even your pastor) to go to Jesus for you and do the work and you just do the bible study, so to speak. Know what I mean? You have to have your own quiet time each morning, with praise and worship and petition. You have to intercede for others (okay, they didn't say that, but that's what I think). And you have to then be quiet and let Him speak to you. Do you know what He's been saying to you lately? I know He's been dealing with me on a few issues and it's not always easy to hear. It's not always easy to admit we don't have it all together....oh wait, that would be NEVER do we have it all together! But sometimes God just wants to make us more holy. Priscilla said that Holiness is important to God. We must be set apart. We must really, really work on that. In our alone time, in the quiet of our homes. It's important, really it is.

On a side note, I know this blog is usually about bringing you fashion advice. But I'm just needing a break right now...I'll call it my summer break....just like school kids. I need to refresh myself, study, read, be with friends, be with family, be with Jesus. I'm getting geared up for fall events beginning in August and I'll have a fresh new approach when that time comes. Bear with me, if you will. For now, I'll call on Lisa Boyd from Simply His blogsite to post some pics of our personal shopping time we had together last week. I'm home for a few weeks...loving it. My son and I helped Marybeth move into her new house today....with her 6 kids and all. I can't wait for her to post pics for you all....what a great house.....perfectly picture perfect with the most beautiful trees and a GREAT yard! Hope you are all well....have a fun relaxing week, Beautiful Blessings, Shari