This past weekend was our annual women's retreat for our church, and it was one of the best and hardest weekends I've had in a very long time. Our weekend was based on Beth Moore's Loving Well video series, and it was awesome. Let me first tell you that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Beth Moore---more specifically I love how she loves Jesus and women. But I secretly love her clothes, her big Texas hair, and her accent. I love that she lives in Houston, one of my favorite places ever, and I love that she has the ability to teach God's Word with such clarity and insight. She's hilarious and real, and I am glad to have spent a weekend learning how to "love well."She talked about four different kinds of people. 1. Joy--People who are a joy to love. 2. Testy--People who are difficult to love. God tends to use these people to test our own maturity, working out what is self-centered about ourselves. 3. Foes--People who are your enemies, people whom you might hate. 4. Far--People we don't know.
Here are a few things that I learned this weekend:
* I am guilty of loving too wide and not deep enough with certain people.
* God measures maturity by how we love.
* We will not love well until we feel well loved.
* Love is God's Godness. It's not an emotion for him, it's who He is.
* Perfect love is not hampered by insecurity or anxiety.
* I love because I am loved by God, not because I want to be loved.
* God doesn't call us to blind love . . . we are to love with insight.
* We will never be more Christ like if we love those who don't love us.
* God is perfect love.
* Nothing can separate me from God's perfect love.
* God pours His perfect love into my imperfect heart.
* Accessed, I can love anyone through anything. (This is a big one for me.)
One of the best parts of the weekend was that I got to spend it with my girlfriends. God has given me a group of friends who are Godly, smart, hilarious, and loving. And I am thankful for them.
3 comments:
Okay, that post made me cry for reasons that I can't even go into. I love you and thank you for sharing. I am jealous of the photo and wish I was in it. I can't wait to see you in a few weeks!
I'm so glad to hear the good news of your refreshing weekend. Thanks for sharing your lessons, ones we all need to hear and be reminded of.
I'm reminded of a time I went on a Women of Faith week-end with my mother. Never before had I felt so close to not only my mom, but every single woman I had ever known. I wish I had time and energy to go again. BTW I'm still loving the dark hair;)
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