Quotes from the Conference yesterday:
"We were like one hand clapping, a whole lot of effort, no sound." Work smarter, not harder.
"Research Refusniks." People who don't want to do Research.
"Instead of scratch their head it should be nod their head." As in it the process should be simplified.
I started writing quotes down during the conference for 2 reasons:
1. I will never remember this goodness later.
2. It helps me pay attention.
Same reasons why I take sermon notes. (That's a sideline, but it's truth).
Before I started writing the quotes and notes, my mind was adrift. Like, completely, unabashedly, wandering.
What brought me around to this "I-need-to-take-notes" moment?
I started thinking about, God, get me outta here. Kent and I caught a sinister GI bug, I was not feeling good....I was a little claustrophobic, it was sunny outside, a little stuffy in the room, I just wanted out. In the sun.
I then thought about the rapture. I mean, it could happen at any time. There was a woman in the room I was sure I knew from church-time, but I was unsure, so I started wondering what would it be like if it happened right......now!
Then I thought about one of those B-grade rapture movies...the one where every person who is raptured leaves their clothes neatly folded in a pile where they were sitting.....with their glasses on top of the pile...you know the one I am talking about? Protestant work ethic kicking in again....gotta fold em before Jesus lets you in!
I started thinking about what it would really look like -- the mayhem, the confusion, the clothes left in a heap where I was sitting....
Then the thought hit me.
Another reason to wear clean matching underwear. Everyday. Kimberly....take notes. Focus.
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