Wonderful Lysa

This morning I read my devotion from Lysa TerKeurst, founder of Proverbs 31 ministry. WOW!!!, I thought, this woman can see me way out here in Blogland!! She can see me all tied up in a knot over difficult things I had to endure yesterday. The devotion was a much needed reminder that, "If this is the worst thing that happens to me today, it's still a pretty good day."

So, armed with a better attitude, let me share some things I jotted down in my notes from the conference:

• If I've never been broken, how can I be restored?
• We are not doing a "job", but fulfilling a calling.
• Confirmation from God gives us confidence. And confidence gives us freedom from fear.
• Don't sacrifice the future on the altar of the immediate.
• Post regularly! (Advice for having an effective blog)
• Stop trying to be accepted and start being exceptional. Set a new standard for cool. Jesus never called you to fit in; He called you to stand out. (Steven Furlick)
• Take the i out of the word resist and what are you left with?
• Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. (Howard Thurman)
• Take the "com" out of compromise.
• Don't find my confidence in "me".
• What keeps us from resting? Worry. And Worry Only Robs Rest from You.

Well, there you have it...just a few of the many pearls of wisdom that I gleaned over this past weekend! Have a "pearl-filled" day!