A Goldmine in a Black Binder
In my weekly extended times with God, one of my favorite things to do is to read a book. While I always bring my Bible and spend time in the Word, it’s also quite a treat to get time alone to read, without Madeline or housework or admin tasks to distract me.
This week, besides a good book (”Life Management for Busy Women,” which I’ll have to write about some other time), I also brought an old black binder filled with notes taken mostly from late 1995 through 1998 (the years I was a student at ISU). What a goldmine! It’s a regular 1-inch binder and it’s nearly full of college-ruled filler paper pages filled on both sides. I had almost forgotten how much time I spent not just taking notes at conferences and LTs I went to, but also on taking detailed notes on tapes I listened to and on some of the books I read.
This binder is full of what shaped me as a young Christian — the Truths that helped me develop the passions and convctions I now hold. Well, definitely the convictions…some times I’m afraid the passion is a little lacking these days…but reading these notes definitely helped me to stir up a little of that passion within.
I could post many tidbits of the treasure, but here is one that caught my eye in particular from the first big conference I went to — the GCM National Convention in 1995… Continue reading »