My Retreat Experience

My retreat has just come to an end. I’m writing this article to share my experience with you. I had my 3-day Senior Christian Retreat with my classmates on July 17 to July 19 at Oasis of Dialogue, Pitogo, Z.C.  As I was returning back home to my daily busy and hectic routine, I thought of my friends and new friends I made and the peaceful surrounding that was far from where I live in. I was hoping that I’ll have another retreat in some other time. Apart from those wonderful memories, the primary purpose was for myself. But for now, I say goodbye to these lovely memories…I will always remember the lessons learned.

In the sessions and sharings that we had, I felt the existence of God speaking through each one of us. Amazing right?! I wanted to share each and every lesson I learned from our retreat but I just can’t contain them all in this blog site. Even though I will post several articles for the experiences I had gone through, still it isn’t enough. Instead, let me share with you my greatest realization. I am the type of person who strives hard to achieve my desires in life, God was before just someone I know, someone who is there to give me strength to continue life. In the struggles I have gone through I relied on my own strength that I may overcome them, God was apart and was usually my last resort when everything fails. Guilty to say that I am one of the many people who would likely cling to Him for help if I know situation gets hopeless. Undergoing this retreat, pointed me that the reason why I feel so empty inside was because God is apart of me. He seemed like He is a different person whom is impossible to have relationship with. I realized that God should be with me through my happiest, saddest and even everyday of my life. In this way, I won’t ever feel alone and would always have the willing power to go through life’s challenges.

The challenge for me then is to find my purpose in life, one that God wishes me to do. The question of “how I shall do this” and “what is my purpose in life” is another lesson that demands an answer. For I now I realize that if I would just crave for my desires, desires without God would never be successful. For I am incomparable with God, to God I’m just a grain of sand. Anything could be possible in a click of time.