Kingdom Citizens

I keep saying I am going to be more consistent on here! Maybe this year will be the year! 😉 Weekly sermon prep takes up so much brain power that typically there is nothing left, but I would love to use this space more often as a creative outlet.  On a gorgeous fall day of October 2022, I scheduled a spiritual retreat for a class assignment. To tell you the timing was divine is a massive understatement.  For a reason I do not yet fully understand, from about Fall of 2021 - early Fall 2022, I just dealt with a lot of mental and emotional struggles. I am still unpacking all of that and asking the Lord to give me discernment, but it was just a rough time mental-health-wise.  If nothing else, it put me in a place of desperation, where I was utterly seeking God's guidance and comfort. That alone made the difficult journey worth it, just to feel completely seen and comforted by God during this assigned spiritual retreat.  The much-needed, sacred time with God was a gift and a healing bal