Come Away With Me

now, i'm at the point of talking about what happened at the 'captivating' retreat that i went to last weekend. this would be 'part 1'. :)

i don't have a 'book smart' relationship with god....i'm pretty sure everyone knows that. ;) it's a romance for me...and i love it (even the fighting...hehe). but, if you've read any of my blogs below, you know that i've been majorly fighting with god...so going to the retreat had it's own challenges. haha! myself being the biggest one! :) well, they gave us a TON of 'quiet time' at this retreat...which actually really bugged me at first because i didn't have anything nice to say god.

he apparently had nice things to say to me...he's so unpredictable! keeps me hopping...

well, the first night i went back to my bunk to be all 'quiet'. i flipped through my bible, found some nice verses, thought about them for a while. you know...good 'christianese' behavior. well, then these few words of a song started rolling through my brain. "come away with me in the night". my brain let out a huge "oh crap!"...god was actually showing up to meet with this obstinate gal. ;) i tried as hard as i could to ignore it...i'll talk more about why another time...and finally gave up. a resounding "fine!" shot through my head, and i bolted out the door. i decided to meet him literally...i went ouside into the night. "here i am...in the night!" (ya, i'm thinking god either loves my honesty with him...or he wants to pop me like a zit.) the words came again..."come away with me"...over and over and over again.

so, there i stood in the middle of the woods, listening to the wind flow through the leaves, and i just started to sway. swaying back and forth. haha...reminds me of the 'pocahontas' scene with her hair all "blowy" in the wind.

and that was it. we just swayed.

so i spent my first 'quiet time' slow dancing with god to the rhythm in the wind.

i never could remember who actually sang that song...or what the rest of the words were. that is until today. here it is...the lyrics are wonderful. the video is odd...but oh well...just close your eyes.

Come Away With Me