Recount: OIL
This year’s OIL retreat was awesome, again. There were ~750 people at the retreat, down 200 from last year. But the quality was not. I’m really glad I spent time preparing myself as I feel it really helped me just focus on knowing God more and meeting with Jesus. I didn’t have to worry about all those nasty sins cuz I left them at the door so to speak. The retreat was packed schedule-wise. I was dying by the end. The speakers were REALLY good and really challenged me in my walk. Praise time was awesome as well as the prayer time. I really feel God giving me a sense of peace about this summer and my plans. It’s an answer to prayer. I kept praying those verses in Phillipians “And the peace of God which transcends all understand, guard your hearts and your minds in Chist Jesus . . . And the peace of God will be with you.” I’m still rather anxious to find out what God will be doing through me in terms of short term future, but there’s a sense of peace about all of it. I’m know God’s up to something in my life otherwise I wouldn’t be in this dilemnia. One thing that kept on running thru my mind at OIL was the hymn “Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to Thee…” and I don’t really know the rest but with all the talk of living for Christ (Phil 1:21 our theme verse), this hymn kept playing itself in my mind. Hmm . . . but whatever, this semester for God. (And hopefully more than that).