Our Blessed Hope

This Spring marked our very first women’s retreat for the gals at CityView.  It was short, just a Friday evening and Saturday, but full of good things: worship together, teaching times, yummy food, laughter, morning coffee on the porch & late night card playing!  It was good to spend time with the women the Lord has sent our way!

We focused on Titus 2, where we started with the gospel, centered around the gospel, and ended with the gospel: Our Blessed Hope.

Titus 2:11-14, “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.”

We can’t be the women God wants us to be without Him working in us.  Our only hope to being the wives, moms, sisters, friends, or daughters that brings Him glory is through His blood and his contining faithfulness.  And how good that faithfulness is!

I can’t blog about the retreat without mentioning what happened to Kerri (pictured above on the left).  She went to bed that night not feeling well (no card playing for her!)  She still felt ill the next morning, but like a trooper stayed during the first session of the day.  Later, in tears, she confessed that she was having horrible pains in her side.  Fortunately our hostess is a Physicians Assistant and was able to coax Kerri into letting her take her in to the ER where she works.  Good thing, since Kerri had appendicitis!  Her surgery was that night, and all went well.  Isn’t it a great ‘coincidence’ that we happened to be at Laura’s, who happens to work at the ER, and Kerri just happened to get sick at the right time?    I love how God works!

I’m already ready to do it all again!!

All photos are courtesy of Jennifer Vargha, jjphoto@hotmail.com.  Thanks Jen!!

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