Whoo hoo! The day finally came! I finally made it down to the land of the pine in North Carolin(a). Greensboro was the meeting place of over 2000 students and the rest was staff. Encounter was upon the Sheraton Conference Center this last week. It was incredible to once again get together and worship and grow in an awesome God. I was thankful for the time I got to spend with two friends and reconnect with many of my other friends. Despite my selfishness and busy-ness I've still been able to return to some of my best friends for encouragement and wisdom. Freshman self verses junior self has faced an entire revelation. It's crazy when we come to conferences like Encounter with our broken edges and we expect to have a beam come down from heaven and give us a new sight in Christ (like a Saul to Paul revelation). However it's so much more... it's more of coming and realizing that there is a necessity for confidence in Christ because we have nothing less to fear. We are seated at the right hand of God in heaven. Our position is literally above everyone else on this world. We have a call and after we leave we are to indeed answer. To sum up all that I learned would take an entire essay. But I am surprised to say that I didn't have a huge revelation that drew me back to Christ like I was becoming a whole new believer all over again. Instead it was through the speakers I found a healthy conviction that it is our duty to remember the awesomeness of the simplicity of the gospel. It's great to just remember that we are to be contagious with the gospel. It's not enough to just appear to be consumed with it but instead to tell others how you have been. Just cool to think, if God works in your life every day, why not bring it up everyday. I'm also excited to begin investing in younger women to increase the spiritual multiplication effect on our campus. Just so many cool things that happened. I hope to be able to sum it up over the next few days.
Liep, Goda
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