My husband keeps a list of funny things each of our three boys said during their toddler years when they were learning to talk. One of them called watermelon “red button” no matter how many times we tried to have him repeat the correct word. Another one referred to his younger brother as “a fweet little boy.” In the moments they uttered these delightful phrases, I thought I’d never forget. Surely those memories were seared into my brain.
But occasionally the boys will ask their dad to read the lists, and he’ll select several entries for each son. While the boys react with a roar of laughter, I often react with surprise. Because there are always one or two that I don’t remember. At least not at first.
I wonder how I could’ve forgotten. And then I remember that for every joyful moment with a chubby-cheeked toddler asking me if he could wear his “conjamas” all day, there were many wearying moments of crying, discipline, and messes. Surrounded by so much chaos, sometimes savoring the joy took a backseat to surviving and advancing.
But when I don’t remember one of the funny phrases, someone else in our family always does. As my husband tells a story to provide context or one of the kids does an impersonation, memories start to surface. And as I remember the story, I also remember the joy.
TGCW22’s Joyful Theme
In a similar way, the chaos and challenges of life in a fallen world sometimes weigh us down. The tyranny of the urgent overshadows the hope of the eternal, and our joy fades into complacency, or even sorrow. We need to sit together with our family and remember stories of God’s redemption so that we can remember the joy of our salvation.
At TGCW22, we’ll gather to consider how seven Old Testament stories point to our greater salvation in Christ—and lead us to greater joy.
At TGCW22—a conference for women, about God—we’ll do just that. We’ll gather with sisters from around the world to consider how seven Old Testament stories point to our greater salvation in Christ—and lead us to greater joy. We hope you’ll join us.
We know you have a lot of things to remember, so you can find below all the links you need to get registered and ready for the conference. And if you don’t want to wait until the conference to start remembering your joy, you’ll also find links to articles written by some of our speakers related to the topics they’ll engage at the conference. Go ahead—get registered, get ready, and get reading!
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Get Reading
Emily Jensen: “Our Friends Shape Us More than We Think”
Ruth Chou Simons: “Grace Fuels What Striving Can’t”
Jen Oshman: “Don’t Settle for a Knockoff”
Kristen Wetherell: “4 Sources of Endurance in Suffering”
Lydia Brownback: “If You Want to Be Content, Stop Looking Back”
Wendy Alsup: “Sister, God Sees You”
Susan Yates: “What I Had Wrong About Spiritual Growth”
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