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Show Up Expectant
Depend on God as you participate in General Conference 2023.
By Ben Tolly
Vital Signs | Light+Life Magazine
Many of us have an insecurity about the unknown, and it can be difficult for people to sit with their thoughts about the future.
When I was a senior in high school, I was diagnosed with a broken back that ended my basketball season before it began. I had been named captain of the team only weeks earlier. Now I was dealing with the knowledge that I would never step on the court for my senior season. Instead, I would undergo a brutal surgery, spend three months in a body cast, and wheel myself around the school lying flat on a special wheelchair. I would go on to spend an additional six months in a back brace.
On the eve of my surgery, I spoke to my grandparents on the phone. Understandably I was anxious about what I was about to face. Before we ended our conversation, they prayed for me. Then my grandmother said to me, “Benjie, God is already in that surgical room. You can depend on Him.” I have carried that encouragement through many difficult moments or gatherings with unknown outcomes.
Big events can intimidate us, and the Free Methodist General Conference is a big event full of unknowns. However, when it comes to special gatherings, especially one that only happens once every four years, we can choose to show up dependent on God and trust that He is already present. By relying on God, we participate in a way that connects us to Him and to others.
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