God is weird sometimes. Mysterious. Weird. Whatever you want to call it, God is THAT. I’ve been scheduled to go to Women of Faith for nearly two months. BookSneeze graciously offered me a set of tickets in exchange for a review post. I’m a little bit of a conference junkie so I was psyched to go. But then God started tugging on me to weeks ago that I shouldn’t go. Which is WEIRD. I mean, why wouldn’t God want me to spend two days learning more about Him and sharing that with others? But still, the nagging wouldn’t go away. I think I’ve mentioned God can be quite the nag. I even went so far as to text Dani last week and tell her exactly that: it’s weird, but for some reason I’m feeling like I shouldn’t go, please pray. Being the awesome friend she is, she said do whatever you feel God wants you to and who knows what the reason might be. I didn’t tell anyone else about my reservations and still planned on going. Hence, the blog post yesterday. My mom calls me out of the blue mid-day yesterday and basically tells me she had a catch in her spirit about me going. I was little dumbfounded. Well, uh….me too. OK that is WEIRD. Mysterious. Whatever. But I love when God confirms things like that. None of us were clear though whether I should skip the whole thing or only a few sessions. The girls would be at Scott’s mom’s for their usual biweekly sleepover and Scott was not going to be home either. I really had no reason NOT to go Friday night and Saturday morning. Except as I prayed over the past 24 hours, I could never, ever find peace unless my mind settled on the fact that I shouldn’t go AT ALL. So I called Women of Faith, confirmed it was ok that I gave the tickets to someone that wanted and needed them (Heather!) and also confirmed with Dani it was ok. And I found peace with my decision.
See, I have NO IDEA what God is up to. I could be spared a car accident. I might need that last vacation day at work for something else (Relevant, I hope!). Heather just might need their messages more than me. My kids might not need me gone that extra time. Or maybe He’s trying to keep me home so I’ll finally organize my recipes. Look, I have no clue. But that’s the weird and mysterious thing about God. He has a huge clue and He doesn’t have to let me in on it. I just have to obey.
In the end, it’s ironic that I’m having to be a Woman of Faith by not going to Women of Faith. It’s weird. And mysterious. I know. But don’t ignore weird and mysterious. I hear God works that way sometimes.
If you can get to Charlotte, I do hope you’ll consider going (if He wants you to). Enjoy the promo video below:
I’m sad you are not going BUT I fully understand the tugging big time! I’m glad Heather gets to go! I will have to find her and Dani on Saturday!
I hate I won’t see you!! You can give mean rundown and let me know what I missed 🙂
God does this to me quite often, and it never fails to floor me. Sometimes I later find out the reason why, but sometimes I never do. I have several posts on my blog titled When God Talks documenting these exact same experiences. I hope you’ve found your peace now that you’re staying home.
Oh I’m going to have to check that out! Thanks!
You know I’m learning with God, we don’t always get to know the why. Sometimes He says, “Because I said so.” It could have nothing to do with you at all or everything to do with you. Either way, being in the center of His will is alway best.