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My three-year-old son rumbled his big rig toward me, parked in front of my toe, and opened the truck’s rear cargo doors for a delivery. He held an imaginary box between his fingers.
“Here you go, Mommy!”
“What is it?” I asked. Scrambled eggs? Teddy bear? Cup of coffee?
“It’s a vacation!”
From the mouths of babes, right? My son must have miraculous powers of intuition because, yes, mommy did need a vacation. Neatly packaged, paid for, and delivered to my feet.
When life presses in, routines drive us into a rut, relationships sputter instead of sparkle, and we’re busy but forget how to just be…we know it’s time for a vacation. A retreat. A getaway. Yet how many of us take a vacation for our spirit? A getaway with God? A retreat to restore and rest our souls?
Sometimes life presses on our spirit. Our routine morning devotions become just that. Our relationship with God sputters instead of sparkles. We’re busy doing instead of being still before Him. It’s time for a spiritual retreat.
When Jesus experienced the press and rush of ministry, He withdrew to a quiet place to rest and pray. We, too, can reap the rewards of running to God in the wilderness.
You don’t need to save your pennies for a week at a fancy retreat center or give up your summer vacation for extra time away – you can go on a retreat right in your own home. For little expense and a lot of convenience, you can get away with God without leaving your driveway.
Use these 12 steps to create your own restorative spiritual retreat – right in your own home.
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