Without much of a structure, I would just like to share some thoughts on this weekend. First of all, for those who have never been to PEI, if any opportunity presents itself, GO FOR IT!!! Very beautiful place. The kind of place that feels sanctified almost like it has never been touched. Just kept whole and fresh waiting for you to arrive. Lol. But back to the retreat!
Personally I had heard previously of our call to live like saints, and much like everyone else I always imagined it to be something unattainable. But after this weekend, it has become much more clear to me that being a saint means living fully the kind of life that Jesus imagined for each one of us. It means setting your heart to God and fixing your gaze at Him so that each step you take will be guided by Him and through the help of the Holy Spirit we may be Perfect just as our Heavenly Father is perfect.
I also gained a perspective of what our lives should be here on this earth. As George told us, our lives here in comparison to Eternity to come is almost nothing. So why bother about what people think, and why set your heart to please man or gain earthly things when in the end, they all shall pass?
And as Roy told us, we should be able to live our lives so that when we tell others of Jesus, we can CONFIDENTLY tell them "Be imitators of me, just as I am of Jesus Christ"
And then I realized that I couldn't say that to anyone that I met because I am far off from what Jesus wants. And so the journey starts now, to strip away all things that are keeping me away from living the life that Christ destined for me, to win souls all for his glory, and to live my life here on earth in such a saintly way that when I am gone, I shall be with my Heavenly father. :)
