God + The Yellow Conference

A month or so before The Yellow Conference, I started to have doubts about going (again). The newness of buying my ticket had worn off and I realized that it was going to fall during the first week of classes. Plus, I stress myself out with worry over making it to the gate on time. And I would be going to California by myself.

But I joined the Facebook page for attendees and God used it to reassure me of His plan for me to go. As I got to know some of the ladies, I realized that many of them posted about working in ministry or wrote about grace and blessings. In spite of the fact that The Yellow Conference wasn't advertised as a "Christian" conference, I realized that God would be with us.

That boosted my confidence about going for a while, but then about a week or two before the conference, I really dug in my heels. (Seriously, I didn't even ask my friend for a ride to the airport until a few days before I left.)

Sunday rolled around and I overslept and missed Sunday morning life group. On Sunday night, I started to worry about everything I still had to do but felt like I had no time for (i.e. packing). On Monday, two of my clients called to reschedule and I suddenly had a whole afternoon to pack and make arrangements.

I told my friend that I'd been feeling like God had worked out everything for me to go, but I still didn't want to go. She said that she wished I had been in Sunday morning life group because the lesson (the final chapter of Priscilla Shirer's "Discerning the Voice of God") was on obedience.

When you hear God speak and you know it's Him, just obey.

Hearing that gave me such peace that whatever resistance I'd been feeling before then disappeared.

So I hopped on a plane and headed off to California.