Category: jumping tandem: the retreat

Benefit: An Act of Kindness

 
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits . . .
(Psalm 103:1-2 ESV)
 
 
 
 
Blessings
Envelop me;
New and
Everlasting.
Forgiven, healed and
Infused with mercy.
Taken as I am.
Satisfied with goodness.
 
 
Full of gladness and gratitude as waves of mercy continue to undulate over my soul. Reminding myself through others’ words and the Word that the goodness of the LORD is in the land of the living.
 
 
Thought you might like to read some posts from those sisters who broke the Word and poured grace over us this weekend.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Communion: Intimate Fellowship and Rapport

 
 
How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together in unity!
(Psalm 133:1 NIV)
 
 
 
 
I am still unpacking from the weekend, not my suitcase, but the gifts of love and encouragement that were shared between sisters and brothers, who grasp God and want others to experience His love in rich and deep and wide reaching ways.
 
I want to tell you all about it. How wonderful the retreat center was that offered us the best. The hospitality of the Jumping Tandem retreat coordinators and dreamers and courage speakers, who dreamed for and with us. Each one graciously demonstrating dependence on the biggest Dreamer of all.
 
How the love of Christ flowed over us moment by moment with each encounter . . .  in the worship sessions, in the workshops, in the wandering around the wide open spaces surrounding the conference center.
 
But most of all  love poured out through the intimate conversations around the table, in the foyer, with my roommate (my sister, Gillian) and fellow travelling companions (Kelly and Lynni) and the other dreamers in Christ, who have similiar, yet different stories that point to the redeeming love and safe haven, we each find in knowing God and loving God.
 
I leave you with a poem, as it still is National Poetry Month. And some photo highlights of the weekend.
 
Jesus
Undergirding with love
Many
Precious sisters and brothers
In
Nebraska.
Growing us . . .
 
Teaching us . . .
Affirming our dreams . . .
Nudging us closer to the BIGGEST
Dream of all:
Entering His
Marvelous presence,
 
Together . . .
Hearts
Embracing
 
Redemption.
Every moment
Trusting and
Recalling and
Enjoying and
Awakening
True love.
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

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Jump: Leap of Faith

 
It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.
(Hebrews 11:6 The Message)
 
 
 
 
Jesus
Understands
My
Purpose.
I
Need not second
Guess.
 
Tomorrow,
Always and
Now:
Depending on Jesus,
Enables
Me.


 
 
 
 
 
Linking up with:
 
 

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Provisions: A Stock of Needed Materials or Supplies

 
For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:10 NKJV)
 

As I prepare to head out this weekend to worship with other dreamers, I was thinking about a theme God has been playing through my mind for at least three years now:

Prepare Your Provisions


It’s a phrase from the passage in Joshua 1, where God instructs the Israelites to get ready to enter the Promised Land.

The thing about the command that strikes me as important is this: God does not say “provide your own provisions.” Instead He invites them to gather things up and get ready. The provisions were taken care of in advance. God saw ahead, He had the foresight for everything they needed.

Much of their supply was arranged for way back in Eygpt land, when He told them to ask their neighbors for their valuables. He also took care of their every need during their wilderness experience. (Their shoes didn’t even wear out.)

It is with great expectation and joy that I travel to the Jumping Tandem retreat to see what God has put together beforehand, before I even get there or the rest of the brave souls who are travelling to this rallying point to dream with their Captain, Brother and King!

 
 
 
Praise the
Redeemer
Our
Victor, who
In advance
Set us apart for
Immanuel,
Our Savior, who
Never runs out of
Supplies.
 
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Dream: To Consider as a Possibility

 
 And Jesus said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
(Luke 18:27 KJV)
 
 
 
Daring to
Return to
Edenic joys
And 
Music

 

 
 
 
As I look forward to a weekend with some other dreamers, I wanted to know more about the word…
 
Dream comes from Old English meaning “music, joy.”
 
Often we ask, what is “my dream” or what is God dreaming for us?

Today as I discovered this unexpected root meaning of dream, I asked myself these questions:
 
What is my joy? What music does my life express? What makes me want to sing for joy?
 
I look forward to exploring the answers to these questions with God over the next few days and especially as we gather this weekend for  Jumping Tandem-The Retreat.

 

 Jumping Tandem: The Retreat
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