My Date with Jesus...

We finished the Silent Retreat on Friday morning at 10:30. It was an amazing time! It was for sure difficult not to talk or to laugh at times, but we all survived. On Wednesday we met with Steve Klassen, and we talked about it. Then he said "I am going to pray and after that we will begin" and just as he said this I felt the hugest need to talk and laugh and be loud a lot because I knew it was my last chance to do it for a while, but I held it all in:) So he prayed and it began.
I was pumped and I thought that I would begin it with something really relaxing, like going in the hottub. I got my swimsuit on and I went in. But it was really hard to relax, because I felt really antsy. So I didn't last very long in there, and I got out and went and took a shower and got ready. Then I went up to my new room (they assigned us to new rooms, so there were only two of us to a room and not four) and settled in. I pulled out my bible and started a new journal. I began to kind of flip through my bible, and then I decided to start reading from the book of Acts. Once I started I couldn't put it down. I have read parts of it before, probably most of it, but I had never just sat down and read it like a novel before. I just kept reading and reading and I loved it! It amazed me again and again the boldness of faith that the apostles had. They persevered through so much. But they didn't give up, they kept going and trusting that God would pull them through. They realized how important it was that everyone here the Gospel of Christ, and so they didn't give up. It was so cool to read, and see how the Church began. I was inspired by the apostles, to try and be more bold, and to trust in God more.
Then I tried a new form of journaling/listening to God. I wrote my name at the top of the page, and then I wrote down what I thought God was saying to me. I turned into this beautiful short love letter to me. It was so awesome. Then I read some more from Acts and then we went to bed. (Supper was in there somewhere, but it's not all that important:P)
Then in the morning I woke up at like five minutes to 9. Which was perfect because breakfast was at 9 in the morning so that worked out nicely. The day began and I spent a lot of time journaling, listening my bible and listening to what God has to say. I felt like His message to me again and again was "I love you". One verse that kept coming back to me was from Song of Songs.
"Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me"
-Song of Songs 2:10
Then in the afternoon we got to meet with our mentors and we had one hour to talk with them. It was just so that we could debrief and discuss with them how it was going. Because some people like it, and some people really have a hard time. That was good to talk for a bit, and then return to the silence. I went for a long walk down at the fish trap park and just sang worship songs and enjoyed being with God. It was really good.
That night we turned out our lights super early and got a really good night's sleep. And the next morning again I was up just before 9 and went and had breakfast, and then I again journaled and read my bible until it was over. But I got to go in the prayer room where I was all alone for a while so that was good.
All in all I really enjoyed spending quality time with God. I totally fell in love with Him all over again. He called, and I answered. I want to follow Him. To get lost with Him. To love Him all of my days.