The Encounter
What's an Encounter?
Well, for me it is an awesome Christian retreat that I'm going on this weekend!!! I went on my Encounter this past January. Words cannot express how much it changed things for me. I've become so much closer to my Father in Heaven these past two months than ever before in my almost 20 years of living on this earth.
My Encounter (back in January) was amazing. I was so anxious about it, even scared! But I decided to go regardless of my fears. Sometimes you just have to "do it afraid" when it comes to really seeking the heart of God. But what is there to be afraid of? Nothing! God didn't give us a spirit of fear... the world throws that fear on us everyday.
Now I've been on my share of retreats since my first one back in highschool. But the Encounter was so much more than any retreat I've ever been on. Like I said, I don't even know how to express it with words! The sense of love and compassion on this retreat is unbelievable. I met SO many new sisters in Christ... who have continued to lift me up long after that weekend was over. I've grown in my faith in God and my Christian walk with Jesus. I've learned things I never knew before (though I would have told you I knew it all!!!). This retreat honestly filled in so many missing pieces to all the questions that were building up inside of me.
And now this weekend I have been blessed with the opportunity to go back! This time I am going as an intercessor (one who prays most of the weekend, b/c we understand how powerful prayer is!). There's a team of intercessors - like a prayer team. I look forward to learning even more about the amazing love God has for all of us.
Well, for me it is an awesome Christian retreat that I'm going on this weekend!!! I went on my Encounter this past January. Words cannot express how much it changed things for me. I've become so much closer to my Father in Heaven these past two months than ever before in my almost 20 years of living on this earth.
My Encounter (back in January) was amazing. I was so anxious about it, even scared! But I decided to go regardless of my fears. Sometimes you just have to "do it afraid" when it comes to really seeking the heart of God. But what is there to be afraid of? Nothing! God didn't give us a spirit of fear... the world throws that fear on us everyday.
Now I've been on my share of retreats since my first one back in highschool. But the Encounter was so much more than any retreat I've ever been on. Like I said, I don't even know how to express it with words! The sense of love and compassion on this retreat is unbelievable. I met SO many new sisters in Christ... who have continued to lift me up long after that weekend was over. I've grown in my faith in God and my Christian walk with Jesus. I've learned things I never knew before (though I would have told you I knew it all!!!). This retreat honestly filled in so many missing pieces to all the questions that were building up inside of me.
And now this weekend I have been blessed with the opportunity to go back! This time I am going as an intercessor (one who prays most of the weekend, b/c we understand how powerful prayer is!). There's a team of intercessors - like a prayer team. I look forward to learning even more about the amazing love God has for all of us.