The Christ Example

The Retreat

"He searches out the abyss and the human heart;he understands their innermost secrets. For the most high knows all that may be known; he sees from old the things that are to come"
Sirach 42:18

Retreat?!', I scoffed at my mother, the very thought of it shook me from within. I hated the whole idea of a retreat, supposedly a five day vacation with God that was meant to heal and reconcile your relationship with the Almighty, the very cause of all my problems.There was no place for God in my life. He had abandoned me long ago, and so was dead to me and I to him, or so I believed. Either ways there was no going back with my mother and her sister, who had planned this for years.

          The only reason I had obliged to this five day vacation to hell, as I named it in my head was that my favorite cousin and best friend would tag along. Imagine all the fun we would have together, just the two of us, without the constant irritation of our parents. My cousin and already been to this place a couple of times and told me about the 'No phones rules'. I laughed at her, it sounded absolutely ridiculous to me.My phone was my world the only way that I could get in touch with my then college boyfriend, the only source of my happiness, as one would say he was my world. There was no way I would give up using my phone for someone who didn't care about me.
           "God doesn't exist", I told myself if he did my life wouldn't be such a mess, my heart so broken and my world so lost. While I was brooding over all these thoughts my parents booked the tickets for the both of us. I had no idea what was waiting for me.

Hi everyone, I hope you all liked the first chapter, do make sure to comment your thoughts, also forgive me for the grammatical errors.
Peace of Christ
Love, PL ❤️