One of the practices that I took away from spiritual rhythms was the solitude time. I am a big fan of solitude, personally. I’m definitely an introverted person, so it tends to come easy for me. The one issue is it’s been very hard to find a time during the day at Impact where I can be fully alone, where people won’t be near or passing by, and I can actually be alone with God.
My time at Spiritual Rhythms was very good, and it relit my desire to seek out alone time with God more intentionally.
One of the things I have been doing since Spiritual Rhythms is, in the mornings and in the evenings, walking out to the pond behind our house and praying in the woods with God. It’s set away from where most of the noise and clamor is. It makes it much easier to focus my mind on God.
The verse I have been meditating on regarding this is Luke 5:16, talking about how Jesus often withdrew into the wilderness to pray. That is somewhat what I’ve been going for. It allowed me the space to focus my mind on God more intentionally and even spend more time with God than I was before. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the time I’ve gotten to be able to do this.
It’s been simply easy to go out and do it. I’m sure a time will come when it’s not so easy, but I am thankful for our Spiritual Rhythms retreat for bringing about this idea to us.
Jackson Sullivan, Class of 2027
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