I noticed that I received several new visitors to my blog in the past couple of days who live in the Raleigh area. I would like to invite you to come to our church event this coming Friday and Saturday. For more information and online registration, visit our website. Click on Connect and then Events. Scroll down until you see The Real Beauty Retreat link. For more information about our speaker, Shari Braendel, visit her website.

Friday night is for girls ages 12-18 and Saturday is for women ages 18 and up. Friday night will feature the Modest is Hottest edition of Shari’s events, including a fashion show. You can get more information about this at the Modest is Hottest website.

Advanced registration is required for Saturday as lunch will be served. Tickets may be purchased at the door for Friday night. Doors open Friday at 6:00pm when Shari will be doing color analysis. Come find out what colors look good on you! The evening will officially begin at 7:00.

Saturday’s festivities include color and body type analysis as well. Doors open at 9:00am and things will get rolling at 10:00. The day concludes at 2:00pm. As I mentioned before, lunch will be served.

Our verse for this event is the verse you see at the top of my blog, Psalm 45:11, “The King is enthralled by your beauty.” Come hear what God says about who you are, and learn to see yourself as the beautiful woman or girl that you are!

Today started out as one of those weepy, emotional days. I’m not really sure why. This week is extremely busy as we make the final preparations for our event at church on Friday and Saturday. I am right in the middle of those preparations as I am the point person for Friday night. Things are fairly well in hand, though. While there is still work to be done, I don’t feel that we are behind or things won’t come together as they should. I don’t know. I just couldn’t seem to get a grip this morning.

Of course, I got up late. My daughter had school. There was a field trip today, and my husband was going with the class. I usually do these with her but just couldn’t this week with everything else that is going on. Today is the only day I don’t have someplace that I have to be. I was walking around with tears in my eyes feeling like I might shatter into a million pieces at any moment when I heard the Lord in that still, small voice whisper to my heart, “Come sit with Me, My child.” I nodded my head and went to my spot where I spend time with Him.

It was a sweet time. God didn’t reveal anything earth shattering to me. I didn’t come away with the solution for world peace :-). It was just…sweet. I got up feeling loved and blessed. I still feel a little weepy, but now it’s because He poured out His love on me. I am special to Him. He is always there. He saw my need and sought me out. I am thankful, and I was blessed. I love Him!

I was so blessed this morning to see on Karen’s site that I was one of the two winners in her giveaway from the Swap and Hop last Friday. Thank you to Karen and Lysa both for sponsoring this. I visited a number of the blogs who participated in the Swap and Hop and made some new bloggy friends along the way. What fun! I encourage you also to jump over and visit the blog of the other winner, Becky.

If you found my site from either Lysa’s or Karen’s blog, then Welcome! I do hope you will come back and visit again, and if you have a moment, please leave a comment so I can visit your blogs as well. I absolutely LOVE this blogging thing, and I am so enjoying all the new friends I am making through this process. I hope that you will become one as well.