Extraordinary Women Conference

Well the seven of us were off to High Point for the EW Conference and we were expecting a good time...and we got what we expected! What was really neat (that was a new phrase for our youngest member) is that a young-at-heart woman in her 80's and a young lady in her 20's joined us who are from early 40's to late 50's and we all had fun! It is amazing how we can be different ages, from various backgrounds, married, divorced or widowed, with children or no children and yet have one common thread that is so strong it holds us together as friends. The cord of hope is Jesus. Even though some have walked with Jesus for over 50 years and some only a couple of years, our salvation is the same....Jesus has no favorites!

The message of the conference was to keep your Christian walk REAL. For we are FREE TO BE REAL! Why do we have the tendency to want people to look at us like we have it all together? I guess we think that if people see Christians falling to temptations and tripping over trials, they will think that Jesus isn't real or powerful enough to help us. But what they don't realize is that life happens to all of us and if it weren't for Jesus we would go through life without the hope of a better life...eternal life! So when we go through trials ...just like everyone else in the world...and keep our focus on Christ, we are assured that the living God is watching over us and using our suffering to strengthen us for future attempts on our lives from the devil or our own bad choices. The Holy Spirit imparts wisdom to us as we read the Word of God and when we act upon that wisdom in obedience, we find the abundant life!

Our young friend has known about Jesus all her life and now she is getting to know Him personally as she starts on her journey. May I be able to be real and share my stories with her, in order that she can see Jesus is still in the restoration business!

My Interpretation:

When we aren't real with each other then how can those that don't know Christ believe he is real? Jesus set us free...free to be real!