We’re just a couple days away from a beautiful weekend with Jesus. You’ll have the gift of time to be in restful silence…to pray…to reflect…to listen…to let go of all the hurries and worries of your everyday life. You can indulge yourself and spend time alone with Our Lord, who knows you heart and soul, your every concern, burden and joy. He is always ready and waiting to engage with you; He who loves you so passionately and without reserve. He is with you in every moment…giving you His full and undivided attention…delighting in you.
“As a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so shall your God rejoice in you.” Is 62:5
Here are a few important notes for you before you arrive on Friday:
1. Make room for Jesus: Our lives are so full that we often don’t realize how little room we have for relationship with Jesus. So let’s start this weekend off right and give ourselves the opportunity to unwind and “retreat” from our everyday lives for just a little while. A GREAT way to do this is to UNPLUG! Start thinking now about how you’re going to leave that phone in your room and not go near it or look at it during the day. You say you have little ones who just won’t go to sleep at night unless they hear your voice, or your teenager won’t get that project done unless you check on him/her? The world will keep turning without your phone call. Abandon your phone, computer, iPad, and other devices for two days, and I promise you the sun will still rise and set each day. So please, let’s keep our phones out of sight (and out of mind) during the weekend. If you must be on your phone, I encourage you to limit it to sometime in the evening when you can be in your room or during “free time” on Saturday afternoon, but definitely off somewhere away from other folks. (And thank you in advance for your cooperation!)
2. In case of emergency: Of course you’ll want your loved ones to be able to reach you in case of an emergency, so please give them my number: Celeste Stoops (913) 709-8571. I’ll have my phone with me at all times and will be available day or night. If there is an emergency, I will come to you and let you know of it. A back-up number to call in case I can’t be reached: Lisa Schartz (785) 263-3828.
3. Check-in starts on Friday at 4:30: If you show up much earlier than that, you’ll be put to work! (Since we want you to relax and unwind, I don’t recommend it. Those of you coming from the airport are exempt.) When you arrive for check-in, there will be signs above or on the tables in the entrance to guide you and members of our team to greet and assist you.
4. You should be on Day 31 of “33 Days to Morning Glory”. Don’t forget to pack your book!
