Legal & Loving It
So last Saturday was my birthday...
I went on the Born in the Spirit retreat and I was hesitant to go because I didn't know if I wanted to spend my 21st on retreat where I wouldn't be with all my friends and I would have no real purpose in whipping out my ID... Prior to finding out that Born in the Spirit was the weekend of my birthday, I was planning to go this semester...
This retreat is crazy to get into cuz they usually have humungo waiting lists to go.. esp. if you're a girl. So I turned in my application the very last day that they would take them, in hopes that I wouldn't get in. I knew if God wanted me there, i'd get in, no problem. Well I did because He did, and I don't regret going.
I learned a lot about myself and about others. See, one thing i've struggled with is the fact that i'm so freaking judgmental. Being tired of it, I really was striving, or at least wanting to see people as God sees us. Well, I was getting prayed over and God put to surface a lot of issues i'd been dealing with regarding this particular one. God used someone who was in the prayer team to speak to me. God told me the reason why I'm so judgemental towards others is because I look at them the same way I look at myself. I am hard on myself. There really is that saying, that you are your own worse critic which i think is very true. Anyway, to make make a long story short, my eyes were opened, and healing was done. Praise God!!!!
My weekend was amazing! I grew to know people and myself better. I grew to have a greater witness of God's love. The holy Spirit rocks my socks off!! As does 4 hours of solid praise and worship in the presence of our Eucharistic King!
After I got back, we had praise and worship and testimonies given at the chapel and I had some amazing prayer experiences. The night wasn't over. I went to the Port for adoration with regina angelorum-- a household that i already secretly made note of my desire to become an official intent... though only like 2 or 3 girls know this as of yet...
Well Beast wanted me to come to walmart with her.. i didn't really want to go since it's freezing now.. but I needed to get a new journal so I said i'd go.. well we stop by Christina's project cuz apparently Christina told her that she left stuff over at her house. Well I made things all the more easy for Nat cuz I got out in hopes that I would find my long lost coat... so we walk in, and there's a bunch of people crammed into Christina's house that yell "SURPRISE!!!" at me. I was in utter shock because I was tired and was not at all expecting a surprise party... Granted I mentioned that I wanted one cuz i've never had one before, but I completely forgot even though i made stupid jokes like that I would plan the guest list for my surprise party. But yeah, it was pretty fun. I felt special. hehe. Lame but true.
So yesternight, I went to go see Thrice and underoath with a bunch of crazy kids from school. It was sweet... we drove to Cleveland.. it was like 2+ hrs-- the longest i've ever ridden to go see a show but I think it was well worth it. Man, I wish Ohio would get with the program and ban indoor smoking already. Dude, it's disgusting. All the little "scene" kids of cleveland were smoking and it was gross. But yeah, I thought it was awesome that the lead singer of Underoath basically made known what it is he lives for. He basically announced that if it wasn't for Christ, the band wouldn't be there. I gained a lot of respect for them. The band that played prior-- the Bled, the lead singer was a little punk. He just made really lame, totally uncalled for comments about the crowd. I think he's just a little bitter cuz people were obviously there to see underoath and Thrice. Anyway, it was a grand ol night but my back and arms are still sore. I forget how much of a work out it is going to shows.. ahhhh i love it!!!
*Cheryl
P.S. someone that i figured would have been one of the first to have remembered my birthday, didn't so that kinda sucks...
I went on the Born in the Spirit retreat and I was hesitant to go because I didn't know if I wanted to spend my 21st on retreat where I wouldn't be with all my friends and I would have no real purpose in whipping out my ID... Prior to finding out that Born in the Spirit was the weekend of my birthday, I was planning to go this semester...
This retreat is crazy to get into cuz they usually have humungo waiting lists to go.. esp. if you're a girl. So I turned in my application the very last day that they would take them, in hopes that I wouldn't get in. I knew if God wanted me there, i'd get in, no problem. Well I did because He did, and I don't regret going.
I learned a lot about myself and about others. See, one thing i've struggled with is the fact that i'm so freaking judgmental. Being tired of it, I really was striving, or at least wanting to see people as God sees us. Well, I was getting prayed over and God put to surface a lot of issues i'd been dealing with regarding this particular one. God used someone who was in the prayer team to speak to me. God told me the reason why I'm so judgemental towards others is because I look at them the same way I look at myself. I am hard on myself. There really is that saying, that you are your own worse critic which i think is very true. Anyway, to make make a long story short, my eyes were opened, and healing was done. Praise God!!!!
My weekend was amazing! I grew to know people and myself better. I grew to have a greater witness of God's love. The holy Spirit rocks my socks off!! As does 4 hours of solid praise and worship in the presence of our Eucharistic King!
After I got back, we had praise and worship and testimonies given at the chapel and I had some amazing prayer experiences. The night wasn't over. I went to the Port for adoration with regina angelorum-- a household that i already secretly made note of my desire to become an official intent... though only like 2 or 3 girls know this as of yet...
Well Beast wanted me to come to walmart with her.. i didn't really want to go since it's freezing now.. but I needed to get a new journal so I said i'd go.. well we stop by Christina's project cuz apparently Christina told her that she left stuff over at her house. Well I made things all the more easy for Nat cuz I got out in hopes that I would find my long lost coat... so we walk in, and there's a bunch of people crammed into Christina's house that yell "SURPRISE!!!" at me. I was in utter shock because I was tired and was not at all expecting a surprise party... Granted I mentioned that I wanted one cuz i've never had one before, but I completely forgot even though i made stupid jokes like that I would plan the guest list for my surprise party. But yeah, it was pretty fun. I felt special. hehe. Lame but true.
So yesternight, I went to go see Thrice and underoath with a bunch of crazy kids from school. It was sweet... we drove to Cleveland.. it was like 2+ hrs-- the longest i've ever ridden to go see a show but I think it was well worth it. Man, I wish Ohio would get with the program and ban indoor smoking already. Dude, it's disgusting. All the little "scene" kids of cleveland were smoking and it was gross. But yeah, I thought it was awesome that the lead singer of Underoath basically made known what it is he lives for. He basically announced that if it wasn't for Christ, the band wouldn't be there. I gained a lot of respect for them. The band that played prior-- the Bled, the lead singer was a little punk. He just made really lame, totally uncalled for comments about the crowd. I think he's just a little bitter cuz people were obviously there to see underoath and Thrice. Anyway, it was a grand ol night but my back and arms are still sore. I forget how much of a work out it is going to shows.. ahhhh i love it!!!
*Cheryl
P.S. someone that i figured would have been one of the first to have remembered my birthday, didn't so that kinda sucks...