~Women of Faith ~ 2010

This past week end, my daughter, Rebekah, and I attended "Women of Faith 2010" in Philadelphia, PA. What a tremendous blessing!!!

There were 11,000 girls and ladies of all ages, singing praises to GOD to the utmost of their hearts! During "In Christ Alone" I had a huge knot in my throat with tears streaming down my face !!! It was a taste of what Heaven will be like, singing PRAISE to the Jesus!!!! Actually, I cried a lot during the singing!

The theme for our time together was from Romans 11:33 ~ "Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God......?" The title was "Over the Top"....meaning God's love for us is 'over the top'.

The singing was overwhelmingly beautiful, full of emotion and the presence of the Lord! There were two songs we did not know....but most we did. We even sang one of my all time very favorite hymns...."Come Thou Fount"!!!! It was sung a little different than the original but just a tiny bit different. "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love........take my heart and seal it, seal it for thy courts above......." love, love, love that song....

We laughed, we cried, we listened, we sang, we prayed.......we came away encouraged in our faith and walk with our precious Lord and Savior. If you ever get the opportunity to go......please do....you won't be sorry!

It was especially special to me because Rebekah and I got to do it together. Next year (Lord willing --that is) I hope Hannah can come too. How special! How glad I will be!

God is so good and HE has a plan and a purpose for each of us that love HIM ~ HE is what life really is about....HIS plans, HIS purposes, HIS work, HIS glory!!!! We are just HIS daughters with a deep desire of seeing HIM in all HIS GLORY!!!!

With a grateful heart, Sherry Lynette