For the past nine months myself and a group of other women in the speaking field have been planning to come together for a ‘get away’ prayer/relaxing weekend. We rarely get to see each other when we work conferences over the summer because we are all shipped off to separate places.
I picked everyone up from the airport and we headed out to Crystal Beach. First and foremost we had to get some ‘business’ taken care of and we vowed to not discuss it again for the duration of the trip, which is why I suppose this is where I feel God showed up the most for me on this day.
You see, we get ‘critiqued’ after doing a summer of conferences and I have been praying a lot about this and asking God to open my heart to what it is I need to hear that can better the ministry He has called me into. I didn’t hear any of these critiques last night (the women I’m with don’t know anything either, we are ALL in the same boat) but it was nice to receive some honest feedback and prepare myself for what I might hear.
After all that has gone on with the plane, and the medical issues, etc in the past 2 months I realize that God has been instilling in me a stronger since of ‘peace’ in recognizing that HE is in charge…no matter what, and in recognizing this I know that whatever constructive feedback that might sting is still a way to improve and better the ministry He has called me to.
I’m growing up. 🙂 I’m getting to a place that only wants HIS approval, yet woman enough to accept the gift of learning how to better myself.
I look forward to this get away with my peers. We will talk. We will drink and be merry ;)… and we will pray and give thanks.
Blessings
Shannon