“I am forever changed”

The Listen to My Life retreat has been recorded in my journal as a Spiritual Marker where God left His imprint on my heart...yet again. I walked out of the conference on Sunday afternoon with a joy-filled heart. As I got to my car and opened the trunk to put my luggage in, my heart burst and I broke down… crying tears of joy. My heart was so full, my cup was not only overflowing, it was engulfed in a tidal wave of God’s love. As I drove home, my mind could not process fast enough all I had learned and experienced. When I got home I grabbed my journal and continued to write, not wanting to forget anything. For another two and a half hours I wrote, prayed and praised God. It was an amazing time with Him.

What I learned at the retreat was healing. Some of it was new, and yet none of it was necessarily rocket science theology. In fact, it was simple truths I had heard before. Maybe it was just expressed differently this time. I don’t know. All I can say is that I have a newfound freedom in my soul and my relationship with the Lord has a new dimension of depth and trust that was not there before. God pierced my heart with His Truth and it penetrated through every layer of my own false theology and broke through the sound barriers of negative voices from my past. I can’t believe I almost backed out of the retreat even after I had already signed up. In hindsight, I see how much I would have missed. God is so good!

 I am also grateful for the excellent caliber of godly women like Sharon Swing and Sibyl Towner who gave so much of themselves, shared their wisdom and loved on us with so much tenderness and compassion. They allowed God to express His love to us…through them… just as He created them. WOW!