women's day

hi everybody! oooo im so excited to be posting up my very first post ever!

this past saturday we had the amazing annual women's day and as usual it was totally encouraging. this year it was titled "the missing peace" (get it?-see the pic) and the Lord knows i needed to learn more about that. not only was almansor court beautiful, but the lessons were really inspiring and helpful. my favorite: griselda lua (latino ministry) speaking about "peace through a relationship with God." we read philippians 4: 6-8, focusing specifically on using prayer and meditation as a way to be closer to God and obtain his peace.

My favorite part is where griselda pointed out how most people think of meditation as sitting in a quiet room in a relaxed position and emptying your mind of all thought (its funny cuz she sounded like a yoga instructor) but the bible says to fill our minds with positive thoughts (v.8). so then i was like, "oooooh, i can do that!" cuz i was never really able to "empty" my mind... until right before i fell asleep. (zzzzz) anyway, thats just one reason why it was so totally cool, wow, women's day is soooo one of my favorite things.

here's a video of the sisters singing b-e-a-utifully, and right when the video ends, bonnie started to cry and could barely keep singing....it was soooo moving..... i wanna cry just thinking about it.... especially the part where the song says

"oh, what peace we often forefeit, oh, what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer" :'\ wow.... so true....