Time Out For Women

This past weekend marked a first for me. I was able to attend Time Out For Women. My mom first told me about the weekend and I knew I wanted to go. I had always heard great things about this production and didn't want to miss it when it was going to be so close. I even invited a friend to go with me. So me, my mom and my friend all got registered and the weekend arrived.

First, my friend and I had to work a half day on Friday and surprisingly we got a fair amount of stuff done in that time, but that didn't stop us from being WAY EXCITED about the weekend's upcoming events. Then the time came for us to head out the door and we were on our way. We did stay in a hotel for the night because it was just far enough away that it wasn't worth going back home and then back to the event the next morning. We checked ourselves in the hotel, met my mom and headed to the event. Now, imagine that you have been waiting for a special weekend for a couple months and then finally it's here....you're pretty much like a little school girl, giddy with excitement aren't you? I know you're lying if you say you're not so you may as well admit it.

There we were, at Time Out For Women!!! It seemed like there was a sea of women that the three of us just melted into when we arrived. We shopped around a little bit at the book store they had onsite and then found seats and waited for it to start. And boy did it start!! On Friday night alone they had Hilary Weeks, Ardith Kapp, Mark Mabry and Michael McLean all presenting in just three hours. The spirit was definitely there on Friday night. We were enjoying ourselves so much. There were spiritual messages, stories, music and lots of laughter. Going back to the hotel we knew that we wouldn't be able to sleep for a while and ended up crashing in the wee hours of the morning because we were just on this high excitement from the evening's presentors.

Saturday was no different from Friday night. Presentors for Saturday were Hilary Weeks, Kim Nelson, Brent Top, Deanne Flynn and Mary Ellen Edmunds. Again there were spiritual messages, stories, music and lots of laughter. There were numerous tears shed knowing that what these people were saying was true and they were being led by the spirit. It was a reafirmation that we are here not by random, but with great purpose and design. And while we are here we have a Heavenly Father that loves us more than we can possibly imagine who wants nothing more than to have His children return to Him. My sense of self was strenghtened this weekend and I have recommited myself to be the best wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and daughter of God I can be.

This is an event that I would highly recommend to any woman whether you're doing great in your spirituality or if you need a lift up from above. This is the event that will help you to realize and/or remember that you are a daughter of God and have power, strength and worth that are beyond this world.