This past weekend I went to the Girls Retreat in Indiana. Our speaker Sarah Bocik talked about a lot of great things. Here are some "nuggets"
1. STOP: No matter how busy we are, what we are doing, for God or for ourselves, we need to STOP and just sit and be with God each day. She suggested just sitting with God for 10 minutes. Personally, I find it challenging to find 10 minutes that are mine that don't include a little person (or not so little anymore) or some kind of distraction. The challenge is to find this time and not give into the distractions that interupt it and just give it to God.
2. Past, Present, Future, ALL. We must give our past, present and future to God in order to give God ALL of us. We took time in prayer to see what was holding us back from Giving God all, then we put those things on the cross. Literally, we stuck sticky notes on the cross that had what we needed to let go of! Pretty cool illustration and very effective.
3. DECLARES. God declares that He knows the plans He has for us. (While some would point out that this verse was taken out of context...Jer. 29:11) I believe God does know the plans He has for me. I believe He does know my future, I believe that he didn't say it, question it, or wisper it but he DECLARED my being and I'm thankful for the reminder of that from this weekend.
God spoke to my heart. He reminded me that there is a purpose for my life, that I am beautifully and wonderfully made, that I need to STOP and give God my past, present and future!
All in All, a lot of solid Gold nuggets!
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The calendar quote from our office said today: "Remember, a better way is never found in the past, but always in the future."
I believe the time has come for me to leave all of my past in God's Hands and move forward into the future He has planned for us!
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