Just stuff...

I'm off from work today as I'm getting ready for a road trip to Houston tomorrow. Going to a conference at Church of Champions called Emmaus and Beyond. Really looking forward to what God is going to do there. This is a healing and encounter with God type of conference and one of my online friends was gracious enough to sponsor my way. She paid for the conference and all I have to pay for is the hotel (nice place too - the church gets a good rate).

Saturday will be one year to the day that my ex-wife walked out on me (and on God - well, she walked out on him long before she left me). It's been a long year... yet a short one. It's been very difficult, yet easier than many many others have had it with going through divorce. I count myself blessed that it was not as hard as so many others had it. I count myself... privileged to have the Loving, Compassionate, Faithful Creator of all that is seen and unseen... to have Him hold my hand and walk with me through this very dark time in my life, in intimate fellowship. He didn't leave when she did. He stayed by me and did not let me fall into that deep dark pit that I wanted to sink into. Instead of letting me do the unthinkable to myself, he caused me to lay my head on his chest and he whispered words of love and strength into my ear and settled my spirit and began the healing and restoration process... and helped me deal with all those deep rooted shards of glass buried so far inside my heart... one by one... and poured oil on the wounds as the glass came out... to promote healing.

The reason I am so excited about this conference is because Saturday's the last day of it. From what I'm told, it's the best day of it. How awesome of God to save the best for what could have been a very dark day for me... I could have been reliving that trauma, but instead, I'll be fellowshipping with other believers, and with my Father, my Abba, my Loving Daddy. I'm weepy just thinking about what he's brought me through... and what he will do in the future... especially the immediate future in the form of the Emmaus and Beyond conference.

After the conference is over, around 7pm, I'll be hopping on the road and shooting back to Austin for a 3 hour drive so I can be in church tomorrow morning. We're going to be celebrating Passover as a church, and I'm super excited about that as well. I truly love celebrating the Feasts of the Lord with his people.



After tomorrow, I'll probably only be on the forum at night for a few days.

Please keep me in prayer when and if you think about it...