Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Heaven on Earth

I just returned from the most intense week long seminar I have ever experienced. SALTS (Survivors of Abuse Leadership Training Seminar) takes you on a journey of self discovery like no other on the planet. Well, it wasn't like the retreat that caused death like we heard about in the news recently; we actually got really good food three times a day!

I don't want to talk about specific details yet. I need to keep them for myself a little while longer; let them soak all the way in and saturate my soul. I will share with you this: God became more real this week. I felt Him become my Daddy. If you never got to sit on your earthly daddy's lap, you will understand how important it is to experience a taste of your heavenly daddy and "sit on His lap" here and now. We are wounded in relationship and we can only become healed in relationship.

I am looking forward to heaven so much more than I have my whole life.

My first response in returning home is to invite everyone I know to attend this seminar. Not to fix anyone, but to give a gift of experiencing community at its deepest level with fellow travelers on this crazy journey we call life. Does that idea scare you? It scared me. I had a sick stomach for two weeks before I left knowing what I was getting myself into. This is my second time attending.

Are you curious? You can visit the Open Hearts Ministry website: www.ohmin.org to learn more.


2 comments:

  1. Great! I look forward to what God is up to in you, Connie. Have you ever considered a writers conference?

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  2. I would love to attend the upcoming writers conference. The problem is that I am on unemployment and lose money every time I do not attend my college class. I already have missed one class which eliminates one week pay. I probably can't afford to do it again right now. But, I would like to attend one at some point in the near future. Please keep me posted!

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