Womens Retreat 2015

 

Friday night I left to attend the women's retreat my church was having. I signed up for it a couple months ago and was excited to go. I have always believed in God but being raised a Catholic I never had a true relationship with Him or knew how awesome He really is. I first heard about Christ Fellowship (The name of my church) when I was 15 and in high school. One of my teachers went there and he ask me and my friend Michelle to go. I went and immediately fell in love with the worship and the way the pastor gave the message. I kept attending and felt The Holy Spirit and all the goose bumps that come with it. But of course being young and dumb I stopped attending and did childish stuff, but that's for another story lol.

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I went back last year with my husband and kids because I want God to be number one is my house and the difference I feel when God is priority in my life is tremendous. After attending a couple of months my husband and I got more involved with our church. I started teaching Kids Church and he joined Men of Integrity and helped out ushering. I love how my kids love the Lord. They have such love and passion for Him at such a young age and it motivates me to go harder and harder for my Savior. Once I heard about the retreat I was convinced to go but leaving my husband alone with our 3 kids for the weekend worried me. He is a great dad but for all my moms reading this we know how difficult handling kids can be especially 3. It also is my first time leaving them for that long but I knew God had something waiting for me at the retreat and I wanted it so badly. I cleaned the whole house, did all the laundry, picked out all the kids outfits and pjs for that weekend, cooked dinner with a few left overs and left. I Got there around 7pm it was about an hour and half drive. The first thing I noticed was the beautiful lake. It had the camping feeling to it except we had rooms lol. My roommate was a friend of mine named Diane and we usually talk during our couples group and we decided rooming together was a good idea. At 8pm we had our first service and the guest speaker was Pastor Marsha Mansour. I have never heard of her so I didn't really know what to expect. Once she started I felt so comfortable with her, like I could relate to her on many levels. Look her up on Facebook if you guys get the chance she is amazing.

* The Lake *

 

* So relaxing *

 

Every message she spoke I felt like God was speaking to me. The things that stood out to me the most was 1.Being hungry for Jesus. So many times I let things distract me from Him or spending time in His Word that I have become distant from Him. I want to have an intimate relationship with Jesus. So intimate that I hear His voice Clearly. The second thing is stop worrying so much about tomorrow. As a mom I find myself worried all the time about my kids, the bills, and other daily life stuff that I let it rob me of my joy. God has only given me enough grace for today and I need to take it one step at a time and leave the future in the hand of Jesus. Thirdly I need to wake up every day with purpose. God made me for a reason, He has plans for me and I need to wake up every morning and ask Him to reveal them to me. I am not a mistake and nothing I do can ever take His love away from me. I Honestly can go on and on about all I learned this weekend but I can say whole heartedly that The Holy Spirit moved in me tremendously. I came home changed and I intend to grow closer and closer to Him everyday. I am happy to report that my husband, kids, and house are all in one piece lol. I am defentily glad I went because God showed up and showed off!!