Help Me Think! (That is Avalanche in the Photo)

Help me think!  Neil and I are planning to go to a conference in Destin, Florida. Sounds like a lovely place and I'm sure it would be a great week-end but it is a lot of money to go for four days and not help anyone! When I travel around the world I go with a purpose: to invest something of myself in people which will in some way make them better able to continue onward. This is just---fluff---as far as I'm concerned. A hotel room, plane fare or worse, drive! Neil said, "We'll drive." No way! It's 12 hours. It's one thing if he is used to driving, but he's pooped from a drive to and from Illinois which is only an hour. If we drove we'd be tired when we got there so we wouldn't be able to receive anything from the conference.

I'm not one to run here and there to be 'refreshed' or 'enlightened". I'm of the opinion that whatever I need, God knows, and He can give it to me where I am. Now maybe that is wrong thinking. I know that people flock to revivals to receive something they obviously think they can't get at home. I even know people who have almost died because they chose a local doctor instead of expending the time and finance to go further away to a specialist.

Back to the money. I would rather spend the same amount of money and go someplace where I am needed for the gifts that I possess. But if I use that same line of reasoning, God knows what those people need and can give it to them without my schlepping half way around the world to deposit it.

So help me think. What do I GLEAN from conferences. Well, the most wonderful thing I ever glean is new friendships, fresh revelation, a booster shot of faith, a new way of looking at things, strength to go on. Uh oh! I'm talking myself into going, or am I just opening the curtain and letting in the light so I can see clearly.

Maybe I'll go. I already reserved the room. I would get to see my cousin Robbie who would come down just to have some schmoozing time. That would be delicious. And I did feel the pull that night when I couldn't sleep where I kept sensing, "I need to go to Florida for this conference. I need to go.....pull....pull....pull....."

Thanks for listening. Good night. I'll sleep on it and we'll see what tomorrow's thoughts bring.