Today I got an email from Joseph Johnson, a pastor and co-owner of the Emmaus Retreat Center. The Center has been his dream and vision for the past twenty years. Like most of us working for God, he did not travel a straight path to get where he is. I think he'd agree with the words from Proverbs which preface my book... man makes the plans but God directs the steps.
Take a moment to check out the Emmaus Retreat Center web site. Located in central Mississippi north of Jackson and Vicksburg, the Center can accommodate individuals for personal retreats or groups up to 40. The photos of their wooded grounds and charming cottages and program space look so inviting...I wish it were closer so I could visit!
But even more than the photos and the descriptions, I'd encourage you to read Joseph's blog. There are only a handful of entries, but they describe how this vision came into being...how this fellow pilgrim with a heart that wants to serve God in faithful obedience is hoping to watch God at work in others at Emmaus the way God has been at work in him.
I pray that the Lord would bless and keep Joseph and the Emmaus team, that the Lord would be gracious to them and make his face to shine upon them, that the Lord would turn his face to them and give them his peace as they walk this road in his name. Amen. Let it be.
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