Dundee Beach Retreat

A few weeks back, I was blessed to 

be able to be one of the speakers at a

Ladies Retreat/Home-schooling Mums

Conference at beautiful Dundee Beach,

4 hours from Katherine. 

The theme of the weekend was this verse

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour

and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest. 

It was a blessing to attend my very

first ladies retreat and be asked to speak

and share with the ladies things the Lord has

taught me. 

There were 11 ladies, all in different 

seasons of life, but all like-minded and 

committed to serving and following the

Lord with their whole heart. 

I was able to share a lesson on the importance

of strengthening our relationship with the Lord,

 and the God-ordained order

for our relationships with others. 

God orchestrated things so well, that

all of the speakers' lessons meshed well 

together, despite not having talked to each other

about what we were going to teach on. 

They all connected and built upon the last one,

and this could only be the Lord! Praise God!

It was a blessed time of refreshing and sharing 

our lives and testimonies with each other and getting

to know one another, as most of us had never met before. 

God blessed us with beautiful weather,

and thankfully, cool air con in our cabins

to keep us out of the sticky Territory heat. 

We had a lovely lady from Darwin come and 

do us a high tea, where we all tried to play ladies.

 On the second night, just as we were

planning on having a sharing and singing time

on the beach, the rain came pouring down.

So, changing our plans, we enjoyed the rain

then headed down to the beach to watch the 

most phenomenal sunset ever!

Isn't it interesting how what we take as 

a disappointment, God turns around and blesses

us with a beautiful display of his awesomeness? 

The sunset was so amazing, that we all 

just stood there watching and marvelling

and praising God for his goodness.

 The colours changed with each and 

every minute and the light danced 

across the water, as the waves rolled in and out. 

It was as if the heavens opened and 

God's glory shone down.

And then, as the sun slowly set over the horizon,

we were delighted to watch a long strip of 

light slowly get smaller and smaller,

until the light was gone, and we headed

back up the beach to enjoy more fellowship. 

Psalm 29:3

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters:

the God of glory thundereth: 

the LORD is upon many waters.