This past week was the 2010 Northwest Vineyard Region conference this week in Boise. It was a wondering time full of God’s refreshing waters.

The timing of the conference was amazing as we entered into the week pretty beat up. Yet, God continued to show up and met us where we were at.

I’m smiling as I write this ‘cause I’m remembering the prayer times when a stranger would walk up to us and start describing out lives before sharing the hope and love of God with us. Yeah, I used the plural of “times” – it happened a lot this week.  Talk about feeling loved by the Father.

Em compared it to being Eustace in CS Lewis’ “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” In the book, Eustace becomes a dragon due to his greed. Aslan rescues him by ripping off the scales one layer at a time.

It was a painful process with each layer hurting worse then the previous one. But in the end, you get a new heart and a new life.

The challenge is to live in that life and not go back to your old life and mindset.