Be Mine Conference 2013 - Planning

A wonderful woman from our church who I've had the pleasure of serving high school students with for several years now started an awesome event last year.  This event was called the Be Mine conference and it was all about helping young women understand that God loves them, that God see's them each as one of His original masterpieces, and that He has given them tremendous strength and gifts to change the world. There were about 60 middle and high school students that attended last year.  You can find my post about the conference last year at this link: Be Mine Conference 2012

The conference is scheduled this year for February 2nd and I'm already beginning to prepare my talk and praying for the students that will attend and experience God's love through this event.  I'm going to be speaking about "Dropping the Mask" and the importance of being genuine in your relationship with God and with others.  That the person we try and project to others, if it is not a true reflection of ourselves, will prevent us from having meaningful relationships.  When we drop the mask it helps the people around us drop the pretense as well and allows for us to support and love on another on a much deeper and more meaningful level.  God didn't create us to cover up his masterpiece, He wants to use us exactly as we are and the sooner we get comfortable with that idea and embrace it in our lives the sooner He can start changing the lives of others through us.  We want these girls to be the best version of themselves not a second rate version of the person they think they ought to be.

One of the really cool things for me about the conference this year is that my husband is going to speak as well.  Kyle is going to speak about the truth about the way Christian guys see girls and what they find beautiful and it isn't the same things society tells us make us beautiful.  He is also going to talk about the way Christians should interact in dating and the way young women should be treated in relationships.  As part of the talk the guys from our youth group helped make a video for the girls and it is so touching.  I did not always feel like this is what guys were thinking and looking for but I hope that it gives the girls courage to be themselves and not to cave to the pressure of society.  The right kind of guy will see the masterpiece that God created and won't need skintight clothes or lots of makeup to notice how special they are.