The retreat for me came during a time when I needed to experience God, and God's direction. The quietness provided me with an experience of feeling like a child on his mom's lap. I felt God was just hugging me, and trying to tell me "I am here", "we are in this together", "I hear you, take it easy". I had no choice but to rest in his quiet presence, knowing that God was with me. And another interesting thing was for me to know that a person I have been discipling, a very new Christian, was inspired by knowing I was taking a retreat, that she found her own quiet time and felt that God was calling her to fast. I explained to her that fasting and prayer go together. She fasted and prayed in a chapel near her home and God spoke to her and a wonderful transformation happened in her life. An amazing story! Definitely, our spiritual disciplines and practices have repercussions on others! And make me wonder how an online retreat (through Messenger or Skype) would [be] like?
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