Three girlfriends and I are just back from spending 4 days/nights at the same beach house at Emerald Isle that Pastor A. and his family enjoyed the previous week--see his blog for details:)
It is a sweet haven:)
Five of us ladies go to C.'s beach house yearly. C. is so gracious to invite us and is such a wonderful hostess:) One of our group has remarried recently and did not join us this fall since she is still honeymooning--we did miss her!
We began retreating together for prayer a few years ago when we served on our church's women's board. We are different ages and have different interests and different talents, but we truly enjoy one another's company and love being together! Love of the Lord is our bond, and it's a blessing to spend time catching up on each other's news, good and/or sad, and praying together for friends and family.
We read, walked on the beach & gathered sea shells, talked, ate seafood, shopped, biked, ate some more, slept in, talked late, played Scrabble, did the cross-word puzzle, worked on Bible Study homework, ate again, walked on the beach again, laughed, read the newspaper, joked, painted birds on a stool, drank coffee, shopped again, and prayed, not necessarily in that order:)
The beach in October is amazing, sometimes calm, sometimes turbulent. The sunsets are amazing, usually brilliant orange, peach, and purple. And the sky is amazing, crystal clear with not a cloud to be seen, or, dark and windy with rain blasting against the windows (that happened on Friday)!
What a refreshing vacation:) We all soaked it in, every minute. I'm ready to order up another one any time:)!! Thank you C., K., and N.:)
Roseland
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