To God be All Glory!  As I was having my devotions this morning I read the small book of Joel.  It is doom with hope.  The doom is from the sins past and present and the hope is stated when we only turn from this sin back to the Father who wants so much to restore dignity to His Creation.  Last night started the Hope for Hurting People weekend event.  The speaker did a nice job stating his new message to people once God had brought him through the restoration needing to take place following his stepping into sin.

Today we have the workshops with the guest presenters.  I am eager to experience God at work today with them.  Last night I started to have feelings of disappointment about the message I was hearing.  It didn’t contain the depth of restoration I was wanting to be brought into the open.  This morning God quickly reminded me that the messages of last night and today are His messages given to these presenters.  I need to listen for God’s message through them, not the message I as man is expecting to hear.  That really set me straight!  I don’t want to set the expectations for today, I want the expectations for today to be God given and God presented.  So, today I go into the conference with open eyes, open ears and an open mind to receive all that God has in store.  To God be All Glory!