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The Myth of Balance & The Reality of Priorities
Women's Retreat Weekend
As
women, we seem to hear
it all the time, especially from the media and those who may not
always hold our best interest. It's the same old mantra
that really only produces pressure, stress, and even guilt when
we feel we can't live up to it's expectations. You know
the one,
"Women can do it all, have it all, and be it all they just need
BALANCE in their lives." Well, help is
on the way for busy 21st century women in this fun, fast paced,
lively retreat for all women who will realize that prioritizing is much more realistic for living a
peace filled life of true productivity, power, and purpose!
"Give
her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the streets."
Proverbs
31:31
The Goal
The
Myth of Balance & the Reality of Priorities
is a lively
retreat for women who feel the pressure that they ought to do it
all, be it all, and have it all yet realize at the end of their
day they’ve come up short on time, energy, and joy.
Judy Salisbury shares
real life experiences as a wife (of twenty-plus years) and
mother (of a teen-aged daughter and a pre-teen son) and draws
from over fifteen years of counseling and ministry experience to
offer practical help in this life-challenging and changing,
intensely personal, and practical retreat to setting our
spiritual life as #1, marriage as #2, and the kiddies as
priority #3. This formula has worked successfully for Judy
for years and she wants to share it with harried, frustrated,
exhausted woman everywhere who need encouragement and
direction.
As a former obsessive, compulsive,
workaholic, Judy teaches women why attempting to balance
our lives is virtually impossible and why prioritizing is the
key.
 Talk #1 --
Let's Just Admit to the Chaos
This is the perfect talk for the woman who has
a heart to serve the Lord and her family but finds her spiritual
life waning, her marriage less intimate, and her children
feeling neglected and sometimes hostile to her ministry service. Judy
encourages women to take a step back, reassess, and perhaps,
simplify their lives. She reminds us to be careful not to fall
into “the ministry trap” of serving everyone and everywhere
except who and where the Lord would have us serve. Also,
practical suggestions are offered to help women find more free
time and re-think how and when they use their technology. Judy
also touches upon the third rail of what to do with those
relationships that are more of a curse than a blessing.
 Talk #2 --
Your
Spiritual Life - Priority #1
Judy understands the
challenges yet emphasizes the importance of making quiet,
quality time with the Lord our first priority, what that looks
like, and how to go about cultivating an intimate relationship
with Him. Judy talks about the impact a healthy spiritual life
has on other important relationships and how it eases the
day to day stresses of life. She also addresses how affluence
or just plain old distractions can pull us away from hearing the
Lord’s voice, taking time to seek Him in prayer, and thus we can
forget the basics of our life as believers. Judy
offers hope for those who feel stuck in their own personal
“Laodicea” and shows them how they can move to a more vibrant
spiritual place.
Talk #3 --
Your Marriage - Priority #2
Judy
shares her thoughts on the importance of making her marriage a
wife's most important earthly priority. She offers practical tips for how
to build bridges and tear down the walls that may have taken
several years to create through past hurts since we all know
that sometimes life
after the wedding isn't always smooth sailing. Some women may
even feel as if
they are married to Job but instead of suggesting he curse God
and die, Judy gives great advice, from her own experiences,
encouraging and enlightening women to be the bride their husband
needs during difficult times. Judy then shares great tips on how
to have fun again after life’s storms.
Talk #4 --
The Kiddies - Priority #3
Judy teaches
us how we can lead our own children into a vibrant relationship
with the Lord. She also stresses the impact on children when
they have a mom who they know loves the Lord as #1 and makes her
marriage her top earthy priority, which is their security.
In this talk, Judy shows just how spiritual children
really are using personal experiences, by permission, of her
own children and how she used those moments to build their faith. She also shares some surprising pitfalls that can
hinder their spiritual growth. Judy also offers solid
suggestions and parenting skills that help equip children for
life and at the same time allows busy moms to involve their
children more in the day-to-day activities and duties that need
to be accomplished.
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