Soul Sister Time

I had a lot of expectations for a personal retreat I attended with my daughter at Laity Lodge in South Texas.   I expected to have a great time with her and with God bonding in a special setting and with great leaders.   I had been there once before and did not bring my bathing suit so I expected to go back to the famous blue hole and take a long deep jump into its pristine splendor.   All of these realities took place.   It’s what I didn’t expect that changed me the most.             I did not expect that this retreat would become a pivotal retreat in my relationship with God.   I attend lots of spiritual retreats in amazing settings, and I am always changed and moved by God’s presence in my life.   This was different.   This was transformational.   Many lessons from the past five years were detonated like a Fourth of July fireworks display in my soul.   I don’t think I could have...