Celebrate!

I am attending the 25th Anniversary of women's retreats at the Life Enrichment Center in Leesburg, Florida. The theme is Celebrate! and the keynote speaker is Rev. Geraldine McClellan. She flat out rocks. She was the first black woman to be ordained in the Florida Conference and is an amazing speaker. The OT scripture is Isaiah 55:12 but she is preaching from the entire chapter.
Some highlights of her talks so far:

* Come all you thirsty - come live that your soul may live!!!
* In His Invitation to Contentment God gives 2 offers too good to pass up -
1) The Right Provisions - water (new birth), wine (unspeakable joy) and milk (the Word)
2) The Right Price - Sin and the world will make you pay dearly for every offer of contentment. God's gift of contentment is free, anybody can receive them. There is no cost, no level of righteousness to reach, no deeds to perform.
* God's plan is for you to be happy (does that sound familiar AUMC folks?)

Favorite quote so far: "Disciples get made by hearing your story. The woman at the well had to go tell others and the "folk" did not want to hear her because of her past. But because she had to go tell, because she could not stop telling, 3,000+ were saved. We do not forget where we came from. The forgiven don't forget to give God the Glory."