Retreat Reflection

Last March 4-5, 2011, I had my retreat at the Capuchin Retreat Center at Lipa, Batangas. I treated it as a miniskirt or short vacation from my busy and stressful everyday school life. Well, that was my initial take on my retreat day until I finally came to the realizations the callback had offered me during my time there. It wasnt just a vacation. It was a time for me to be able to take a break from my usual life and take a step back to take a look at where I am at the moment and where I want to be in the future.As I am about to finish my college degree with hopefully two terms left, I needed that time to know what God intends for me to do as I begin a new chapter in my life professional/work life. The retreat was an eye-opener for me. I got to know myself better through the questions asked by the facilitator. distributively of which had different intentions. An example would be the question What is my passion?. This made me think of what I would love to do or what I am intereste d in, ignore the degree I am taking and what it is about. Honestly, I am not happy with where I am right now and knowing my passion could serve up me find another path that I could take because doing what I love to do could or might be the best thing.Another question asked was What is my biggest or most important question in my life as of the moment? My answer to it was Why is there a need for suffering? My reason for which was Im just curious to know why because why do we need to suffer if we fag all just be happy sort of. I dont know but my question sounds clich. Maybe we are to suffer for us to remember that God is always there for us. We can always find refuge, security and rest in Him.The retreat also reminded me that in everything that I do, do it for the greater glory of the Lord. There are quantify when it is hard for me to be productive with God in my mind cause I get caught up with mundane things. The solution I was presented during the two age that Ive spent in Bata ngas was to be in love with Christ. If I put God in the center of my life then the things that Id do would come natural. Its not forced. I do not need to over analyze the situations I am in because I lead have direction. I believe that our paths are shown to us and He unfolds His plans to us when we decide to spend some time with Him.