It’s over…It is finished… Woe is me… the retreat hath come to its conclusion! Okay, it’s really not that bad to be honest. Today was just a half day of retreating before emerging again into the world. I managed to write some of my preach for Sunday evening but much of it is still mulling its way around within me and I seem unable to express it on paper. I hope that by tomorrow evening it will have settled down somewhat and come out in logically sentances! I guess there are times when you need to write all your stuff down, have it outlined and other times where you just need to speak from your own heart and testimony - I wonder if that is what I need to do?
So what am I leaving these few days of retreating with? It is hard to say… there are some visible signs of change - namely a burn from the wood fire, a bump on my head from hitting the bunk bed, and some bruises from smacking my foot on the bunk-bed ladder when I forgot I was sleeping in bunk-bed and from falling UP the stairs this morning?!? Yes that’s right… it’s a wonder I am still alive, living with such danger! Welcome to my world??
I have appreciated the space to just be, to read all day, and enjoy the beauty of the countryside. I am reminded that relationship with God is not about DOING stuff for him, but simply BEING myself WITH him…in the everyday…the mundane and the special…I hope that is something I can prolong into the coming weeks… I know that so often we can easily forget the simple lessons we learn!






