I am feeling it from so many directions and wanting to share it at every turn...WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE...
I am hesitating to put my feelings and thoughts in print regarding my life and my Time Out For Women experience. Perhaps my hesitation is the perfectionist in me wanting to use the perfect words for such deep feelings of gratitude, peace, and sweet assurance. Yet, as I was reminded this weekend, the feelings and thoughts I have as a result of words I hear or read are sometimes impossible to verbalize or write. When I am shedding tears, or feeling a tender mercy, sometimes words just don't work, the feelings and whispers to my heart and spirit are all I need.
On Friday night, Michael McLean said that the older he gets, the fewer things he KNOWS FOR SURE, yet the things he DOES KNOW FOR SURE are deeper and deeper in his heart. It was as if he was reading my mind. I almost finished his sentence for him as he was speaking. This is my life, the THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE are deeper and deeper in my heart as the years roll on.
These are some of the things I KNOW FOR SURE:
The atonement of Jesus Christ is Real, Powerful and for ME.
Jesus Christ is my advocate and continues to plead to Heavenly Father on my behalf. He will be with me on the day I am judged.
I was born of goodly parents.
The Lord put my husband in my path at the exact moment in my life we needed to meet.
The Lord chose my friends and continues to place people in my path whom I call dear friends.
I live in the area I am supposed to live at this time.
I Love people with all my heart.
God, the father of my spirit has a plan for me on this earth.
Thank you to everyone who made Time Out For Women possible.
Every presenter was able to reach a piece of my heart that needed hope, healing, and assurance.
I am thankful for the reminders of what I KNOW FOR SURE.
I drew strength and power from being in a room with so many like-minded people. Prior to the start, Chrislyn, The Deseret Book person in charge of our event, said to make sure to stand at the back of the room and just soak in the sight of the room being full. What a beautiful sight is was. She was so correct. Viewing a room full of people who I have grown to love over the past few months, whether I know them personally or not, was a feast for my spirit. Every has a story of how they got to TOFW and how the experience has touched their lives. I am thankful for every story told or not.
I KNOW FOR SURE...
2 comments:
Shauna,
Thank you so much for the opportunity I had to be part of TOFW this year. I know the Lord is mindful of each one of us and I am truly humble knowing He actually recognizes, comforts, and provides outlets for the grieving heart.
Love,
Angela
What do I know for sure?
One of the things is that YOU, my dear, are a gift. The Lord used you in so many ways for this event...including blessing me.
I adore you!
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