I love orchids. Years ago, when we lived in Florida, I had a dozen or two hanging in the oak tree in our backyard. I just couldn't get enough of them! I still can't. But I now live in Oklahoma, and our weather isn't quite as conducive to leaving orchids outside year round. So, I now have one orchid in my kitchen windowsill. One orchid that hasn't been in bloom for almost a year. One orchid that is now putting on buds and will eventually bloom again soon! And I CAN. NOT. WAIT. I wait in great expectation as day after day passes and it gets closer to that inevitable day!
This is the SAME feeling I had leading up to the IF:Gathering. I was so EXPECTANT. So EXCITED. So READY. As the weekend grew closer, I saw the buds of excitement growing in other women. And over the course of this past weekend, I saw the beginning of beautiful blooms. Women chasing after God. Women allowing the love of Jesus into their lives. Women DECIDING to take that next step in their lives that would put them on the path to walking WITH GOD, not just living for God. And not to overuse the word...but IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!
