A week on retreat within my life, has led to some interesting developments. None of which sound ground breaking, all of which have changed my life and all of which I was taught as a young person and am being re taught now.
Just because I have resigned from jobs at church with the expectation of starting something new, I do not have to start anything immediately, or indeed ever!
I do suspect that I need some time out of doing, to ground my being, so that whatever comes next I am ready for. I am called by god to be me, not to do. It might be that from being me, certain things happen- indeed that is inevitable and good.
So my message to myself, and anyone else is, get grounded in god, be strong in your being and let god shape the mission.
During retreat i prayed through a passage in Jeremiah, and might share the reflections here in due course.
Already an outcome has been that I have been braver in leading prayers with groups. With a preachers away day I led a guided reflection based on woman at the well and set in 24 hour supermarket, the following day led paper chain prayers with non Christians, both of which I would have avoided a week ago. Would probably have led more structured prayers , but feel much freer and increased confidence in gods spirit to do what she needs in each person present.
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