As this conference weekend approached I found it a good time to see myself and how I had grown (or not!).  I have really been looking forward to it knowing that it would be a neat spiritual feast.  I also knew that it would be quite demanding physically, mentally and spiritually.  It is only 10 hours of 'church' and you get to sit down almost all of the time, so how hard can that be?  But for me it is an all-in kind of thing that does drain me despite all that it gives at the same time.  I also found that I am still me in the way of being distracted by the world.  What would I miss if I wasn't surfing the channels and hopping around from game to show or the History Channel?  Or what about a little office work on this a day off just to pass the time?  No!  For me it is all in.  Six hours today and four more tomorrow.  The afternoon session today will feature three of our grand kids, so we have to watch for them.  And content, yes.  I have been thinking as hard this morning before I got into the shower as anytime I remember in preparation.  So my mind is ready, I have brought a 'bucket' to be filled instead of a cup.  I am ready to realize a promise, and I look forward to it all.