{"id":37,"date":"2015-08-12T18:43:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T23:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2018-08-10T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:15:25","slug":"beautifuldeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/12\/beautifuldeep\/","title":{"rendered":"Declare 2015 – BeautifulDeep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last August, sitting at the table on the last night of the Declare Conference I heard Eryn Hall announce that the tickets would shortly be on sale for this year\u2019s conference and that the theme would be \u201cBeautiful Deep\u201d.\u00a0 My heart skipped a beat. I wanted to go straight to my computer and log on and order my ticket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But I didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something, Someone said: “wait”. So I did. Time passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later, I read that there were only 4 tickets left. And I tried, but they were gone already.<\/span><\/p>\n

I resigned myself to the fact that I would not be attending this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then- there was this conversation on FB regarding the wait list and that everyone would be notified in the order they were on the wait list when a ticket came available. Still I hesitated to put my name on the list. I wanted to be sure that I was not taking a spot that was meant for someone else, perhaps someone who had not been and was just starting down the road of blogging her faith to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

So\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

I posted something to the effect: \u201cif you get to the end of the wait list and find that there is a ticket available I would like to come; but I don\u2019t want to keep anyone else from the opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The week before the conference I got an email. There was a ticket available if I still wanted one. I bought it! And I\u2019m so glad I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"beautifuldeepweb\"<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the scorching hot heat of this Texas summer that melts our very bones it was like a spring rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas style.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a torrential downpour of words that kept pointing me back to my purpose, to our purpose in Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

I heard Words of Life, Beautiful Words, Wonderful Words, Wonderful Words of Life.<\/p>\n

They are the ethos of that old hymn I grew up singing. Such great treasure troves of wisdom were delivered to us.<\/p>\n

“Your life’s purpose is to give God Glory.”<\/p>\n

“The world is always telling us who we aren’t, God tells us who we are.”<\/p>\n

“If Jesus is not in the heart of it, may I be so bold, you are wasting your time.”<\/p>\n

“Plant deep the things of God into deep places of your heart.”<\/p>\n

“Sometimes, just because you are good at something, it may not be what you are made for.”<\/p>\n

“We were made to swim in deep water in a life that requires Jesus; where life doesn’t make sense without Him.”<\/p>\n

“Using someone else’s voice is exhausting; using your own is effortless.”<\/p>\n

“A heart willing to hear ‘no’ can be trusted with a ‘yes’.”<\/p>\n

“Do the work of an evangelist-speak Truth and Life. Fulfill you ministry. We are Digital Evangelists<\/em>. It all matters!”<\/p>\n

“Never publish unless you read a post aloud<\/em> before you post.”<\/p>\n

“When He interrupts it’s a good thing-always.”<\/p>\n

“You can only be where you are; if you wait until you are where you want to be you will miss a lot.”<\/p>\n

And, finally, I think this one thing is just now sinking in-deep:\u00a0\u201cSometimes, it\u2019s the dream you never intended to birth\u2026.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am in a season of waiting, meditating on His Word, and for the first time in a long time I am content to dream of what might be.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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