Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

Day two of Time Out For Women was just as wonderful as the first! The day started out with a challenge: We were to write down something that we know. What things in the gospel do we have a firm testimony of? We then were so excited to have Kenneth Cope perform for us again. There are just no words to describe the power of his songs. In one of his songs he sings about Daniel in the lion's den and about the three men who were thrown in the fiery furnace. He sings, " You'll meet the Lord in the furnace a long time before you meet Him in the sky. You'll meet Him in your trials". How true is that? When we have troubles it humbles us so that we are more open to feeling His presence. We next heard from Emily Watts who talked to us about fruit. She described how sometimes you bite into a piece of fruit that is not quite ripe. It is bitter and hard. It doesn't mean that it is bad fruit, it just means that it still needs time to become great. She reminded us that the...

What a weekend! I had opportunity to go to Deseret Book's Time Out For Women . In the past I had seen this advertised and noticed that there seemed to always be great speakers involved, but it was usually held in cities much too far for me to go. Consequently, when I saw that they were holding one just 30 minutes from my home, I literally jumped at the chance to go! I suspected that the event would be similar to a "mini" Women's Conference, and I was right. However, in some ways it was much better. It was not crowded and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Marilyn, Jodi, Julie and I went together. We went out to eat at Hug Hes before the event. I felt like having pasta, so I ordered Chicken Alfredo - sounds normal enough, right? No! The plate of Alfredo was enormous! In addition it came with a large bowl of the most yummy cream of chicken soup and another plateful of pasta! I took most of it home and was able to eat two more meals! We certainly got our money's worth...