I had the privilege of being invited to a women’s retreat this last weekend. There were maybe twelve different churches represented and twenty women. It was an amazing time of meeting together. I had just returned from a week at the OBX and didn’t even think going on this outing would be a possibility; but, The Salesman said it was ok to go, and I am so glad that I did.
I knew one woman (and her children) from my church, one friend from a church we went to years ago, three friends from a nearby church and one lovely young woman from our church who came along to help lead worship. For the most part though, there were new friendships formed and I loved the fact that twenty women from different church and denominations were there to meet together, no agenda; but HIM. I believe it was the body of Christ represented.
There were times of sharing meals together and worship and an afternoon of free time; but no agenda. It was beautiful. There was plenty of time to hear from the LORD, and I felt like HE had much to say.
On Friday night during a time of prayer for our men, I kept hearing the words “Knights of the Round Table” so as I googled it, the LORD brought things to my mind to pray for our kingdom men in comparison to King Arthur’s court:
Knights of the Round Table Attributes:
Best Knights
Camelot was their Kingdom
Arthur was their King
Code of Chivalry
King Arthur’s Castle was their home
Always flee treason
Round Table because everyone was equal
Verses:
Prayers for Knights of God’s Table:
Kingdom Knights
Kingdom of Heaven is their kingdom
The KING is their King
The 10 Commandments is their code
Heaven is their eternal home
Always flee the enemy the devil
Equal in the kingdom
It was a powerful time of prayer for our men.
During our free time, I was drawn to this little welcome hut and put my journal and Bible in the window and and used it as a table and had a great time writing down what I felt like HE was saying. It seemed that the “table” word was a theme for the weekend!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful time of refreshing! We all need them!
Good morning Lora. Such words of encouragement to come to the round-table of His love. I'm sure you've noticed that at a round-table all look to each other, direct their attention to the leader and to listen carefully to His instruction. No one leaves the table empty handed. They have the "leader's intent" and the orders for the day. What a beautiful description of your retreat, for the men of God and the church. Thank you for sharing "first" on the Loft.
Great post, Lora! I love your analogy with the Knights of the Round Table for our men called by God!
I also had to smile when you said "Rest is Best." One of my best friend's little daughter is always saying that phrase. It speaks to me because my One Word for 2016 is rest, and I do really struggle with it.
It's funny that "Table" would come up in your weekend AND be the prompt for the Loft this week. Seems like a God-thing!
Thanks for sharing at The Loft.
Thank you Michele. And indeed, we do all need them.
Good day, Christine! Yes, good point!!! I forgot to include that one. Bless you.
Thank you, Jerralea. Rest was a theme HE was speaking to others at the retreat, too.
I thought the same thing about the "Table" prompt. For some reason, I thought it was going to be for last week and had something totally different planned – a GOD thing indeed!