Hot Chicks?

This last weekend I was lucky enough not to attend anything called "Hot Chicks" - that was just the nick-name we gave it! The conference I attended was actually called "God Chicks" and it far exceeded my expectations of going to the "Hannah Montana Women's Conference" that I thought I was going to.

At first I was worried when I walked in and saw the lights and then watched a song from High School Musical 2 be preformed (as can be seen below)

Knowing my attitude at that point and I knowing I could have just sat there and judged the whole thing instead of listening, I told the Lord - "If you want me to learn something this weekend, I'm open..." But I was still thinking "How can the Lord teach me something through all this fluff?!" Ha ha ha - boy was I wrong! I think I just couldn't see the amazingness of it because I had been involved in so much boring and un - carnational ministry that this fun and truly in-carnational ministry seemed wrong to me. I realized I had an impression of women's ministry as having to be very serious to have any good, Godly and intellectually challenging content at all! And Praise the Lord he showed me otherwise! I ended up having a really, really fun time AND learning and soaking in some amazing teaching and wisdom! I even bought a book written by one of the speakers, Lisa Bevere, and I am super excited to get started on it:

So, what did I learn this weekend? Two things - The importance of generational ministry and the importance of unity in the Church. Which is interesting, because they are so closely related - interesting how God does that - huh?! These points were both spoken about as well as lived out through the time I spent with the girls from church. We had a really great afternoon of lunch and window shopping and free coffee and great conversation! It's one thing to hear a woman talk about unity from the stage but then to go see the need for it played out through the lives of women you know, but don't really "know" due to a lack of unity!

And here's the part that will make my mother cry at just the thought of what I'm about to write - I have always said that I would never get a tattoo because I have never found anything that I would want written on me forever! But then this weekend I did! I DID NOT GET A TATTOO, but I did just officially find something that I would be fine with having on my until the day I die. It's a portion of Isaiah 6:8 as pictured below:

So, while I would not get a tattoo that looks just like that one there (it's too big) I really would consider getting it but written in it's original Hebrew (which just so happens to be 5 letters and could totally be covered by a chunky bracelet or a watch, when necessary).

Here's my thought behind getting it - I have always loved that story and always felt really personally connected to it for some reason. Then when I was thinking about the permanence of it I was actually rather convicted with the thought that if there was ever a point I wanted it removed, it would be a bigger problem then just having ink on my skin, it would represent a change in my willingness to serve the Lord and be used by him for his work - that being a point I would never want to get to.

No final decision has been made on the getting or not getting of said tattoo and I would for sure wait until after the baby was born - but all this is just to say, I have finally found something that has the meaning and depth that could be attached to me for the rest of my life - so we shall see if it happens...