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Allume 2013 is over.

Yesterday I felt a little lost, not having worship time with breakfast, lunch and dinner! What an amazing experience the past 5 days has been.  I went in to this hoping for community and what I found was so much more.

I was worried, just a little, that these God Sized Dream women I had grown to love over the past nine months might not be what I “expected”. What I found was that they were more gracious, more funny, more giving than I had hoped and I was filled with blessings time and time again.

Having the opportunity to do life with them for even a few days has filled my soul to overflowing!

People have asked what it was like, what did I learn? And I have needed to really process everything the past few days. There was so much and I will probably write several posts about what the speakers had to share specifically – I hope you stick around with me for those!!

But the one word that has been turning in my head from this weekend is GIVE.

I believe that God calls us to give. Give to others of our time, our love, our resources. I can hold on to these things so tightly and can be unwilling to share all the blessings God has poured out on me – but He doesn’t call us to be selfish – He calls us to be selfless and generous.

I believe that this is an area that He will be challenging me in the coming days.

We met with and heard from several organizations that work with the needy. It is my plan to feature one of these groups each month.  I believe strongly that it takes very little of my money, time etc., to make a HUGE impact on the lives of the hurting. I feel called to share these with you because it is possible that you, like me, have not heard of several of them.

And If you know of a group or organization that I might feature please email me and we can talk details!!

One of the best parts of the weekend was participating in an impact opportunity. We each chose a group to work with and did different projects. I worked with Sole Hope and I will be posting about them soon. They are amazing and are impacting the lives of so many little children and it is so easy to get involved!! I am hoping to take this to our churches youth group as well!

Giving can be hard.

It means that we have to let go of some of the comforts we have so that we can help change the world. But by giving we CAN make a change.

We have a voice here in the online community. God calls us to use our voices and be a light. The dark places here seem vast and overwhelming – but together, one step at a time, we can share hope to the lost.

Will you join me?

Seek out what God’s calling is in your life – what area He may be calling you to give. Maybe it is the gift of encouragement, maybe you have seen financial success and have excess to share, maybe you have someone in your life you need to forgive and you are ready to give that gift to yourself.

Seek Him.

Be generous.

Give of yourself and I promise that the what you receive in return will life changing!!

And to the women of the GSD team, you gave to me more than I can say. I laughed more than I have in years, I was loved and blessed by each of you and I am humbled by your grace. Thank you to each of you for being so generous with me.

And to the Allume team – WOW. Seriously WOW. As a “newbie” I walked away changed. I know less about how to self promote and more about how to live for God than I thought I would gain from coming. And I am so very glad. This weekend was a game changer for me and I am working to figure it all out I am thanking God for each of you that followed God’s vision for this weekend.

To God be the glory!!

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  1. Mel

    Agreed…I feel like I walked away learning so much more about how to live for Jesus and less about how to write better. I LOVE that it was that way. 🙂 I’m so blessed to call you a friend…I just love your heart and can’t wait to see what God continues to do through you! (((hugs))) 🙂

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  2. Logan

    Kristin, I LOVE what the Lord showed you about giving! It’s so much fun reading through the ways that the Lord has impacted individual people and I love that you are so encouraged to pour out yourself onto others! Thank you for sharing so much and heaps of blessings on you!

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    1. Kristin Post author

      Logan
      I think one of the big reasons that so many of us walked away with a heart for God and less of the focus on building readers etc., if that you stepped out in faith and following His calling for this conference. I went to the conference with 100 business cards and gave away 5 – only because a few ladies asked for them. It just so wasn’t about me and I needed that! God is so good. I am praying for you as you listen to His leading for 2014!!

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  3. Christine Wright

    Love this!! “Give” – that makes perfect sense – you ARE the girl in charge of giveaways, after all!!! : ) It was just wonderful to meet, laugh, pray with you. You are such a JOY!!

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  4. Amy Tilson

    Kristin,
    You went from being a name next to mine in a spreadsheet, to a glorious flesh and blood, praying sister in Christ! What a blessing to be paired with you for two of the most impactful sessions I was blessed to attend. I love seeing how each person came away with exactly what God wanted them to hear and with a desire to move forward in that word! So amazing and not the work of any people, but the Holy Spirit.

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