Crunch Time

The General Conference countdown clock tells me that less than four days from now, the 2012 Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will be called to order.  There are many who, like me, have entered into a time of intense prayerful preparation for this faith-filled, historic event.  I seek to do the will of Christ, and for the body as a whole to focus on serving the Great Innovator, the Loving Redeemer, the one who came to give us a New Covenant based on LOVE.

And so, the final preparations have begun.  Being the practical person that I am, that means I am doing the laundry, measuring and weighing suitcases, organizing paperwork, trying to trust that Paul will be able to care for his own items, and trying to leave enough food in the house so that the rest of the family will not starve!!

In the midst of all of that, much of today will focus on preparing to offer the message at the Spring Gathering of the Northern Flow District United Methodist Women at Asbury UMC.  I am thrilled that my mother, who is also my UMW heroine, will be able to attend, too.

Then it is "on to Tampa!"