thoughts about the Gathering

Last night was the first night of our conference known as the Gathering. Three different preachers spoke, suprisingly, about the same topics.
Preacher one~
wilderness-the spaces in time where we form a clear and precise identity of who we are by GOD.
Preacher two~
process-a series of actions/motions leading to a series of results.
Preacher three~
wilderness, process, and results (all given through the Ugly Duckling Tale)

I love listening to all three messages because they all were about me. I am that ugly duckling, i don't fit in, and i don't belong. Never have! not soooo sure i want to actually (i'll rant in another blog). But anyways, i definitely loved the service. One thing that has stuck out to me was the broken down understanding of what it means to go through a process. "when impossibility has shown up in the process, God is please because everything else has left and it gives him room to pull out all the stops." (THIS IS A PARAPHRASE, nonetheless i love it's meaning)