hi everyone!
Time flies when it's finally WARM OUTSIDEEEE!!!! I couldn't be more grateful for spring and warm days!
All 31 days of this month have been full to the brim! I can't believe I started March at the beach for women's retreat, and now here I am, 2 retreats later, reflecting on all of it!
If February was a month of self discovery, March was a month of God discovery! Here are some of the most spiritually meaningful things I've done this month:
Sermon on the Mount class with Eric - this class has been so insanely cool. We've practiced inductive Bible study, which has taught me to sit with just a few verses for soooo long and actually get a ton out of it! Our discussions have been incredible, and it's really reignited a desire to read the Gospels and Jesus’ teachings. Which leads us to…
New Testament Bible class - We've covered the Gospels, Acts, and started to dip into the Epistles so far! I didn't realize how much I didn't know until our speedy but thorough overview of these books! So much of what I've been reading in my personal time has been enriched by the context I've gotten from Ryan and Emily.
Silent Retreat - It was a wildly uncomfortable and restful and intimate and strange experience! I believe I felt every emotion during our one day of silence! It was an incredible exercise to sit, talk, and walk with Jesus through my day, and practice the practice of silence and solitude (I need more of it). It actually went by so quickly, and was the perfect “off-ramp” from our series of retreats this month. Coming back from that, I feel refreshed in my day-to-day walk with Jesus and grateful for more free time and open weekends to be in community before the end of fellows!
There's so much more I could talk about (shout out John Richmond retreat), but you can read someone else's blog for that! I have to leave for Roundtable now, so that's all she wrote!
ONE MORE FULL MONTH LEFT OMG!!! SEE YOU THEN!!!!
-Maddie Grace