Thoughts....

I just returned home from a women's retreat. The title of the retreat was "Thirsty" and it was such an amazing weekend. Of course, anytime you are sitting in the presence of God, it is amazing. However, this time, there was just something different. During the Saturday morning session, there were different prayer stations set up. It was completely silent in the room, with the exception of the sound of trickling water from one of the display fountains. Women were all over the room, each in their own little world, just them and God. One of the stations was called "reflections" and it was the station that most spoke to me. At this station there was a mirror. You were supposed to look in the mirror and see yourself, then see yourself as God sees you. WOW. Talk about powerful. When I compare how I see myself to how God sees me, the dichotomy blows my mind. The longer I sat and reflected on it, the more I began to see me as God wants me to see myself. As the strong, amazing, God loving woman he intended me to be.

I needed this weekend. I didn't realize how much I needed it until that moment. I didn't realize how the pressures of all the changes we have going on in our lives had been weighing on me. As I sat there, in my own little world, I was so incredibly thankful. Thankful for God giving me the most incredible man on the planet to be my husband. Does he drive me crazy? Sometimes. Do we get on each others nerves? Occasionally. Can I drive him batty like no one else? Absolutely. However, I realized that God created this man for ME. No one else on the planet would have the patience to deal with my little idiosyncrasies. Not too many men see when their wife needs a weekend to go off to support her best friend and spend time with God, either. I'm thankful that Brian sees how those moments away for me refresh me.

I am incredibly blessed.

Thanks, God.