Redwoods Alliance Retreat

I should be going to bed early. But I feel I really need to make a post about this past weekend.

Even though I came to the conference grounds a day later than planned, I still adapted and enjoyed the environment around me. Now this wasn't a retreat made up of fun and games (with the exception of recreation periods where most of us were doing homework); rather, we gave every minute we had there to the Lord. Spending time with Him, learning more about Him, singing praise to Him...THAT was the enjoyment, and it's better than any other enjoyment out there today.

Over the course of these 1 1/2 days, I learned so much about not only the Lord, but also about myself. I realized that, despite my constant busy schedules, there is no excuse why I can't devote at least fifteen minutes to reading the Bible each day. After all, the time I spend with Him lets everything else--homework, stress, life--fall into place.

In the conference grounds, we were away from the rest of the world, away from worry, away from the harsh outside. We were with God and each other. Now that we're back home, I always remember one thing: never ever ever turn away from Him.

(Yeah, this post is a little jumbly; that's because I'm tired and it's been a long day)