Retreat

2012 Ripon Grace College & Career Retreat in Santa Cruz.


THIS:


 is fun. =D

Especially on the beach. The outgoing waves add an extra measure of pizzaz to the blend.
Sun.
Sand.
Frisbee. Uh-huh, oh yeah!

Add in a couple newly-learned throws, and you have a humdinger of a time!

Not to mention the
smores
volleyball
campfire
waves
badminton
sandy hair
friends
skits
sessions
hamburgers
ice cream sandwiches
water splashes
t-shirt designing
singing
spray painting t-shirts
flightless armadillos
sleep
card games
water
sticky buns
showers with a trickle of water
sausage and maple syrup
frisbee throwing "lessons/practice"
2 baptisms
phat staff
nap
long car ride
=P

It was great. Everyone who was not there missed out big time. But then, you probably got more sleep than we did. Win-win.
Yep!
The end.

Beach. Mountain. Hills.

I think...I want to go to the beach. 
































I think...I want to go to the mountains.

































I think...I want to go to the hills.

I think...I would make a nice little hermitess. I think I might like it. I think of summer. Fresh air. Blue sky. A horse. or two. Clouds. Animals. Sun. Shrubs. Grass. Heat. Snakes. Fog. Different smells. Different noises. Different habits. What would life like that actually be like? Do dreams ever come true?

I think. I wish. I dream.

What will life bring???

I am not applying myself. I am not content. I am not trusting the Lord. I have a victim mentality. Greener grass on the other side.  Prisoner with ball and chain. In a dark deep dungeon.  

Walking the rope. 

 

On the fence.

  

At the crossroads.

  How long can one stay? and not come to a decision—one or the other?

Blindfolded. My own doing. Somehow it all connects. Somehow. The key is in front of me. So close. So far away. Misted. Fogged. Clouded. Is my vision.

Never thought I would actually understand the allegory Pilgrim’s Progress personally. Sure, it’s a good story. Now. It’s ME. How LONG will it take to bow the knee?! No. I will not do it for appearances. I will not do it for a record. I will not do it to “feel” better. I WILL do it and not look back. I WILL do it by the grace of God. I WILL do it: when I understand.

Thank you, Jesus.

Love,

A Sinner, Saved by Grace alone