I’m Going Y’all!

Yep, this lady is heading south for the last two weeks of February! I’m taking the kiddos with me and going to visit some friends there. I went to college at Belmont University and met some amazing friends (cough cough 15 years ago). They’ve been up here, but I haven’t hit the road to visit them in awhile. Now that my kids are a bit older I feel a little better about going.

I’m also excited to meet some of my bloggy friends in real life! How awesome it will be to meet you and some new friends as well.

So, as January wraps up I find myself looking forward to my road trip. Now that I’m not drinking caffeine the 10 hour drive may need to be split up a bit. I’m planning on hitting up the outlet malls along the way to get out and stretch a bit. I’m saving my money for a future trip though! (hint, hint, look up above!)

I have to admit I’m nervous. I’m nervous about what people will think of me. Who will I sit by in the sessions? I can tend to come across and quiet and shy when I first meet people in large groups. I like to get to know the “lay of the land” in large groups. With one or two people I feel like I am more my true self.

Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes. And suppose a poor man in worn-out clothes also comes in. Would you show special attention to the one who is wearing fine clothes? Would you say, “Here’s a good seat for you”? Would you say to the poor person, “You stand there”? Or “Sit on the floor by my feet”? If you would, aren’t you treating some people better than others? Aren’t you like judges who have evil thoughts? ~ James 2:2-4 NIRV

I’m nervous about what to wear. I know, I know. I hope I don’t treat others differently or others don’t treat me differently, but I have to be ok with it and merciful if they do. I think when left to ourselves we all lean that direction of pre-judging people based on their looks/blog numbers**/dynamic personalities rather than the heart. Lord, help us all at Blissdom not to judge. Take the scales off of our eyes and move in us!

Are you going to Blissdom? Since I’m a newbie, I’d love to meet some of you by your blogs first! Leave a comment with your link & what you blog about!

**Psst- did you notice I took off the follow me things with numbers? I did after reading some posts and reflecting on the fact that I can tend to be affected by numbers. If my numbers jumped I wanted to do more of that kind of post - I want God to lead my blog and what I talk about. I don’t want numbers to lead the way. Of course I believe in what I’m doing and would love for you to share the blog and posts (and you can follow on the upper right) but I just didn’t want numbers staring me and you in the face daily.