It’s been an awesome few days! I’m thankful I went…
Funny thing was I went there reluctantly… at first
in fact, the night before I was feeling rather sick..and lousy. And I really did not feel like going.
But I was to facilitate a group, and lead worship on one of the mornings.. so I could not just not show up =(
So Lil prayed for me.. that God would heal me (I had a sore throat, felt weak in the whole body, had sense that I was a the verge of a full viral attack or something) and that God would bless me this weekend. And the next morning I woke up.. completely WELL! It was quite unbelievable… my throat felt normal, no other sicky symptoms at all. Praise God!
Then God used gentle reminders throughout the 1st day to tell me that He wanted me there. Hearing other brothers share about their life stories (including a guy who got married twice… to the same woman!) blessed me tremendously. Yet again, I was reminded of God’s love for me… He wanted me there. He wanted to show me His love. And He wanted to do it thru these brothers.
Then my own group… who even before this weekend had already began to open up their lives to each other through email.. each of them, their honesty, their authenticity and their strong desire to be more like Christ blessed and encouraged me so much! Truth is, it was not difficult at all to lead this group. It didn’t take much to coax them to share openly etc.
Thank you Lord for once again demonstrating that you know best! =)