Ladies Camp!

I, Delia, just came back from a most needed time away with some ladies from our church.  We went to a Ladies Camp or Retreat which the main speaker was a really neat African man.  Now you may wonder why I would even say that but you have to
remember the history of South Africa and the difficulties they have had going through the Apartheid era.  It would never have been thought of that a group of mostly white women would have gone to a conference where the main speaker was an African.  It was beautiful to see these women just open their hearts to what he had to say.  He really spoke to all of our hearts, bringing truth to us in such a unique way.  I praise the Lord for the time He allowed me.   We were actually planning on going back to Mozambique for the weekend as our church there was having a building inauguration but through differing problems we realized the Lord was just not wanting us to go back, and actually couldn’t go back, for now!   I see that now the reason the Lord allowed this to happen was that He had a divine appointment with me there on that little farm one hour from where we are currently staying.
The main topic was about “we are the house of the living God” from 2 Cor. 6:16.  The different speakers brought home so many points about us allowing God to have full residence and rights to our entire house.   It was a neat picture for me as I am a very visual person and so to see how my soul is likened unto a house, really opened my eyes.  Through the seminar I realized how many times I have my “front room” available to the Lord but those back rooms are messy so I prefer not to allow Him in.  Our speaker reminded us how the Lord is light and so when we allow His word to shine on our hearts and even into those rooms where we have closed and locked the doors (maybe a tragic event, or a habit, etc) that when we allow the Lord into those areas, He is actually the one that does
the cleaning in those rooms.   In other words, He can do the healing and teaching or whatever it is to make those rooms livable again!!!
We were also challenged about what type of house are we; a beautiful house on the outside that everyone is impressed by, but the inside is in shambles perhaps.  As we know what matters is how the Lord sees us and He doesn’t look to the outside but at the heart.   They talked about the windows of our house, saying that the Lord comes through the door (Revelations 3:20), but the evil one comes as a thief through the windows.   They asked us what windows have we left open for the evil one to come in and steal.  This was very challenging for me and had such a wonderful time meditating on what all this means to me in my life, how I’m surrendering my whole heart and life to the Lord, not just those sections of my life that I deem safe for entry!

We continue to ask for prayer as we continue to seek the Lord for our lives and how we can minister to our family and to those around us!   We also have some big decisions to make over the next few weeks so pray for the Lord’s wisdom and direction as well! Psalm 25:12

I unfortunately didn’t take any video of the sessions but I did get to take a video
of some of our singing.  The video is of the 3 daughters of the main speaker.
They were singing in Tswana, one of the local languages.

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