Audience Feedback:
Hi Connie
Thank you for your gracious understanding of this time of “wilderness” or as I have been referring to as my cocooning time of waiting....just as a butterfly before it finally emerges into a beautiful creature, has to be in a place of quiet and darkness to transform.....so am I in that place. I know that even in this journey, God is still able to use this vessel because as you know, there are so many other women out there on the same path. As an Area Minister’s wife, I am in contact with many women who are struggling from spiritual dryness, and so I not only cry for them, but with them because my heart feels their heart. It is in vulnerability that God is using my lonely journey to touch others and for that, I am “grateful”, although I would be quite content to have this journey come to an end.
Thank you for the reminder that it is in the “saying YES” to God that life starts coming back. It is like Henry Blackaby says, “To see where God is at work and join Him in that work”. I am seeking to keep my eyes and ears open to those opportunities and be obedient to His calling and at the same time be sensitive to my own needs to experience Sabbath Rest.
B.T. Saskatchewan
I'm so excited to be receiving your newsletter. I was at a ladies retreat that you spoke at. My heart was so touched that weekend. I thanked you after one of the sessions, but I regret not really having a conversation with you. I was feeling self-conscious and a little overwhelmed that night. I bought your book and I am truly finding my way (with God's help) out of the wilderness. I have insisted my husband read it, and he is. You see about 4 years ago we were asked to leave our little church, because the pastor thought we weren't supportive.(it's a long story) It turned bad, and many of those people will cross the street to this day to avoid saying hello. My husband was an elder, and the pastor is our son's father-in-law, and just to make matters worse, our other son was the youth pastor. But God had plans for all of us, my son was baptized and is now a pastor in a little Baptist church, my married children survived, and we never stopped going to church, but I never realized how much I had shut down until that weekend. We have found a home at a different church, but I truly believe that God used you to speak to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I look forward to reading your next book (name withheld)
“Thanks for your encouragement, your positive attitude, and your servant heart while you were here. You have been a blessing to both our church and to our family. We had faith in you that you would allow God to work through you to impact our women. I wish I could have had you impact the men as well somehow, but perhaps you have through their wives.”
Tom Blackaby, North Sea Baptist Church, Stevanger, Norway
“I shall NEVER forget your seminar! Thanks for helping us be real Christians with our feet planted on the ground. Looking at our muck can sure humble us before a mighty God. But pliable mud is exactly what the Potter needs! Thanks for making us pliable!
Pat, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
“Thank you for your seminar. I am always amazed at the Lord’s ability to speak in such real ways to individuals. I felt like you have been where I am. The Lord was saying some tough stuff to me and the Lord used your humor to show me His gentleness in dealing with my spirit.”
Anita, Toronto, Ontario
“Connie you have an energy and a positive “thang” that causes joy! Look how God uses you to spread that joy through your words and your life!”
Heather, Winnipeg, Manitoba
“Your presentation at the Writer’s Conference was the high point of the weekend! I especially appreciated the description of your beginnings as a writer. That encouraged me not to give up. Because of your example, I’m going to be more aware of small and large joys in my life.”
Ruth, Spokane, Washington
“Thank you for sharing your heart. Laughter is good for the soul. I feel full of God and my joy has been restored.”
Alicia, Westbank, British Columbia
“God has blessed you with a love that shines. How wonderful is the laughter you share as you experience life’s journey.”
Anne, Edmonton, Alberta
“Thank you for your message: for sharing the hard times in your life and how God saved you and then brought you through them to bigger things. His plan for you brought you to be with us and I’m so grateful for that! I was so touched.
Chris, Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island
By “being real” in what you share with people, and how you share it, you give people permission to be who God created them to be, rather than striving to be someone else they think is smarter, more gifted or more spiritual…so thank you for being you!
Debbie, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
“You were brilliant! Thanks so much for entertaining us so royally. Don’t know when I’ve laughed so hard!”
Candis, Event organizer, Calgary, Alberta