Women BTW 28-30 Nov08

It's amazing how God works. I definitely can't comprehend His divine intervention. I just know that the Lord has delivered me from my hurts and pains of 28 yrs, living in igorant and lack of the understanding in having a relationship with God. Although, I was set free 5 yrs ago but I grief over the lost years whenever it comes to my mind.

I was put in a group of ladies that are much older than me. I was the youngest, it was a surprise for me. It was my 3rd BTW. God has in His divine plan put me with them because they, like me had gone through the struggles of griefing over the pains and hurts.

One of the ladies gave me this word of God, Joel 2:25-26
I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten-the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts, and the locust swarm - my great army that I sent among you.
You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders for you;

I am very grateful to those who fervently prayed for the 200+ women that went for this retreat.
They prayed for God's divine intervention in the groupings, messages, discussions and people with struggling issues in their lives. They prayed through the name lists for 4 weeks and all 40 leaders and facilitators were so prepared. All I can say is the Lord has visited everyone of us and it is so lives transforming. I don't know how to describe in words, unless you see it for yourselves. This is mine first experience, although I had attended 3BTW.

The first one, I was only less than two months in Covenant. I was there to observe and checked things out. I was very bless by it in a different way. I witnessed with my eyes testimonies after testimonies. I find the people desire to walk with God and they are so seeking, so prayful. That first group, 2 of them are together with me in the parents' prayer group until today. It has been one and half years. The 2nd BTW, was there because of KL. To help her work out some issues in her life and my group was just as wonderful.
Am glad, today, she walks a different life journey because she is seeking God and she found Him.
This time I go for myself, yet at the same time, I took Charmaine's friend with me. She was so bless by the whole retreat, I simply see the joy on her face. The presence of God is so real.

They have people to walk me through my issues for 2 hrs. I came out of the room set free.
Just before the retreat came to an end, everyone was given a verse to take home. When I open mine, I was so shocked to receive the same kind of blessings the Lord gave me 5 yrs ago, although not the same verse. My tears just flow like water, is a word of affirmation for me. A word of promise. My heart just leap with joy and at the same time just felt why would God bless a person like me.
I just felt unworthy to recieve such great blessing. I believe that He will bless me with plentious that my barn can't contain, more than the 28 yrs that I have lost. I have already enjoyed 5 full years by now. I may not live for another 23 yrs but I believe that the Lord will make it up for me as He has promised in a different way.

Deut 16:15
For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

This is all I want to hear from the Lord, that my life be complete in Christ. May the Lord blesses my life journey with Him til I see Him face to face. I hope whoever read this blog, may have the same joy that I have. May the Lord be praised always.