A beautiful weekend for a women’s retreat…. with Bev Bradley of Family Ministries. The theme was “The Show Must Not Go On”. The focus was to let go of “the show” and be real.
This year, we had a huge number of mothers and daughters together. This picture is most of the moms and daughters lined up.
My journal notes…
2 Corinthians 3:16 “But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
God is done being separate from us. The veil has been torn.
Take time in prayer to not say anything. Just receive His love.
He is glorified when He reveals His love and we receive it.
Reveal the “shows” that are still in my life.
Why do we put on a “show”? To be loved, accepted, and safe. We were designed to be loved, accepted and safe by our Creator. We just don’t know it, so we try to get it from others.
Pray for help to believe Him more.
We remove our masks when we find security in the Lord.
We will be in heaven a long time before we understand God’s depth of love.- We will still be growing in heaven.
Proverbs 29:25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
God’s first children, Adam and Eve, walked daily with God, yet they still failed. If they failed, why do we think our children wouldn’t/shouldn’t? Take the pressure of their actions off of you. Take them to the cross, introduce them to Jesus, but leave their decisions between them and Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
What is natural for us is religion. Trying to appease. Trying to be something. Trying to do right.
To do (works) vs. To be (intimacy with God)
Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
May we never get to the point where we think we know who we are dealing with.
The hardest thing for a parent is that their child turns away from Jesus. God experiences this everyday, yet He still relentlessly pursues us.
Teach on character, not behavior. (I have more notes, but will stop for now…)
A gorgeous day resulted in a gorgeous hike!
