This past weekend, I went to Sioux Falls for my first Living Proof Live experience. I had done a Beth Moore bible study before, and quite honestly, the woman kind of scared me! In a good way, though; she's extremely passionate, lively, and Southern. On our drive down there, I asked my mom if she thought we would get Beth Moore spit on our faces. :) She had me pretty much won over after this weekend.
Her message was wonderful - she spoke about midwifery (not necessarily what you're thinking of, haha), and how we as women need to help each other out, rather than the typical nature of women to be catty and hostile towards one another. She preached on text from Exodus 2 about the women in Moses' early years - the two midwives (Shiphrah and Puah, who were responsible for killing all of the male newborns, but didn't), his mother (Jochebed), his sister (Miriam), the Pharaoh's daughter (who pulled him out of the water), and her two "sidekicks". Without these seven women all helping each other out (whether directly or indirectly), Moses' story would have been completely different. He could have drowned in the Nile. He may not have ever been returned to his mother. He may not have ever left the Egyptians. He may have never even been RAISED by Egyptians.
I had the privilege of attending this event with a group of amazing women - a handful of them were from my bible study, and then we had a few wonderful add-ons! The group included my mother and my grandmother. On the second day, Beth had the whole room pray for different groups of women - ones who were actively raising children at home, ones who were currently suffering from infertility, ones who were going through the most difficult season of their lives. All of these women who these things applied to stood up - in front of God and everybody! - and then had 4500 other women praying over them. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my whole life. Anyways, one other "category" of women she had stand up were those serving in their churches. I was sitting in between Mom and Granny, and I held both of their hands while we prayed - mom's, soft and warm, with perfect unbitten nails; hands that had hugged me and spanked me, both out of love. And then Granny's - cool and smooth, like a river rock that's had water running over it for 1000 years, slightly knotted with age (really, the only thing that shows her age) so that her wedding band has been replaced with her own mother's. I feel so grateful to have them both in my life, and I enjoy reminiscing about all the things they have taught me, and looking forward to all the things they will teach me.
There was other times we prayed in the event, too. On the first night, they had us all pray our own prayer out loud. That was a little weird for me, and it took me awhile to speak out loud. Usually when I pray, even when I'm alone, I do it in my head. Another time, they had you pray with the group of women around you; Mom, me, Granny, Stacie, Char, and Judy all put our arms around each other, and I bawled and bawled and bawled. And bawled. I think the one I liked the most was when you paired up with another person and hugged them and repeated to them what Beth told you to - Granny was my partner :)
Oh and how could I forget - the praise music! It was beautiful, and so fun! I loved In Christ Alone / Solid Rock and Just As I Am. There was another one where the band started playing and then they stopped and all the whole room was singing together, but I can't remember what song that was! Dang it!
Here's my group :) it was such a good time! I can't wait for the next trip - perhaps April in the cities for my birthday?!
Love,
Kalli
Nicely done Kalli!!! It was a super event and you can tell by reading this you got so much out of it!!! I totally agree with you on this!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Margie! :))) I'm so happy I got to experience it with YOU!
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