A weekend like this...

I just got home tonight from a weekend spent at Muskoka Woods. Muskoka Woods used to be my life. I spent all my summers there. I worked some weekends up there during the year, and at the very least visited lots all year long. I also attended a Muskoka Woods Bible Study group for the last 6 years on and off depending on where I was living. Muskoka Woods is becoming a lesser part of my life as time goes on. My best friends are still from there and I still love it, but I don't spend my summers there anymore (as of this past year) and I visit less. One thing that is still a huge part of my Muskoka Woods life journey though is the memories I have and the bible study group. This weekend 16 of us gathered up at Muskoka Woods for a bible study leaders retreat. It was a phenomenal weekend. Camp was bare of people, except for us and a few of their staff that were around. A camp that at any given time usually has at least 1000 people on property was empty! It was also empty of snow, much like the city, which was sad and good in its own ways. We spent the weekend doing this thing called "life lines". Basically we were given the opportunity to share our stories of our lives and learn about everyone else’s lives. After each person shared we encouraged each other with our comments and through prayer. It was absolutely amazing listening to everyone. God was totally present as many tears and hard things were shared. What a privilege it was to get to share a weekend like this with all the wonderful people that were up there. I completely felt such a renewed since of love for many of my friends that were up there. (I also got to see my friend Emily at MW and have a sleepover with her which was awesome because I love that girl a lot.) God is so good and always knows exactly what we need!

"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." ~Matthew 6:28-34