I just went until I felt like it was a good place to stop.
Knowing this was a retreat day, I didn’t feel the pressure to get done in a certain amount of time or to finish a certain amount of my Bible study. And I have to confess, by the end of the video, I had tears in my eyes because I could just sense His presence with me.Īfter yoga, I headed to the couch for some time in the Word. She read Scriptures and invited me to remember what God has declared.
So going through this yoga video was great at helping me recognize that and be aware of my body, but also, she did such a great job reminding me of God’s truth as we were moving our bodies. I’m not always great with exercise and listening to what my body tells me. So I found a Christian yoga video from Caroline Williams and went through that. Can you relate? I wanted a way to connect with God through my body and honor Him with it. Once I was back home, I decided to do something that involved my body, because sometimes I feel like I leave my body out of my faith. I chose just to grab a few simple things we needed and then I headed home. Or I could take my time and look at whatever I wanted to look at without having the pressure of having someone else there. I could go in, grab a few things that we needed at home, and go back out. Walmart? On a retreat day? But, my friends, it was a chance to go into a store by myself, which doesn’t happen all that much anymore. So this is what my schedule for the day ended up looking like. I really wanted to try to be present with what I was doing and listen for God’s guidance as to what to do next. But I didn’t have a detailed plan for how I would spend each hour. For example, I would have extra time to spend with God in His Word and maybe reading some other books. I knew in my mind kind of what I wanted the day to look like. It also meant I needed to do a little planning ahead to make sure I didn’t have any work that had to be accomplished that day. This meant I knew I would have the house to myself. I took what would be a normal work day for me and turned it into a retreat day. I could set aside one day as my personal retreat. Now, it’s hard for me to get away in this season of my life, but I knew that I didn’t have to get away for an entire day or two in order to get some of that extended time with God. Time to just relax and rest in the quiet space and not feel like I needed to rush to be somewhere. My Personal RetreatĪs I think about my own retreat day, I can tell you that I had felt a desire to have some extended time alone for a while. So let me start by walking you through my personal retreat day and offering some reflections on it, and then I’ll provide you with some tips for creating a spiritual retreat of your own. And to allow Him to share His heart with us. We need to be able to press pause, sort to speak, and linger with Him.
I want to help you create a retreat experience of your own.Īs someone who is going through a difficult season, or as someone who is helping someone else through their difficult season, it is so incredibly important that we take extended time with God when we can. So I want to share about my retreat with you, and then I’m going to take a few moments to reflect on it with you.īut I want to do more than share about my own experience. One of my favorite verses is Psalm 27:8 (NLT), which says, “My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’” And to me, that speaks of an invitation from God and spend time with Him, to talk with Him about what’s weighing on my heart, and to hear what He might have to say back to me.
#SPIRITUAL SELF REFLECTION SERIES#
Today I want to conclude that series with a reflection of my own, and it’s going to center around a personal retreat I took a couple of weeks ago. Then, last week, in episode 55, website designer and podcast host Elizabeth McCravy talked with me about her own practices of journaling and reflection, both in the everyday moments of life as well as the bigger seasons, like the birth of her son and the loss of her dad. These methods addressed two of the most common questions I get when it comes to journaling: I don’t know what to write about and I don’t have the time to journal. In episode 54, I shared four ways you can start (or keep) journaling. We have been in a bit of an informal series about journaling and reflection. Welcome back to Let’s Encourage One Another.
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