The entrance to the library/office which served as my bedroom for the past two nights

By the time Friday rolled by, I felt like a wrung out prune. Nearly all squeezed out to my last drop. Well, it was not that bad lar but it sure felt close at that time. Life seemed like one long To Do list and things kept piling up. I knew October was going to be a real hectic month but going half-way through it was worse than I had imagined it to be.

After work, like a zombie, I headed over to the Elijah House facilitators weekend retreat. It was something that we had planned for many months now. The thing about being a burned out prune is this: you don’t look forward to things and events anymore. You just want them to be over and done with so that you can move on to the next task.

“Let’s see, I need to coordinate the worship side of things, take some photos and try to stay awake for the teaching and prayer sessions. Ok lar, let’s get to it!” I ran the Elijah House retreat To Do list on my head, took a gulp of breath and trudged into the house, baggages, baby and all.

And that was where God met up with me. In the midst of 24 jolly and noisy characters (me, included!) and a schedule that is packed with training lessons, my heart and my spirit found the refreshment that I so badly needed. Who would have thought of it?

For starters, my allocated bedroom was the library. That was like… heaven to me. I devoured a couple of books in between training breaks and they spoke volumes into my heart.

Also, I was far far away from the madding crowd, my computer and internet connection. And my phone was on silent mode throughout. It’s just an amazing feeling being so far away from the daily distractions of my life. Abstinence is certainly good for the soul. And get this, I did not miss blogging at all. But I did check my mails over the phone at the end of everyday :P

I suspect that I have to cut off and trim down some stuff from my schedule. Everything seems important and urgent and nice to do. The question that I have been asking myself is this: in the greater scheme of things, would doing them actually bring long-lasting benefits? If it’s just something temporal and will fizzle away or worse, cause hurt to someone else, then I need to drop it like a hot potato.

Decisions, decisions. They are not easy to make but someone’s gotta make ‘em. I am praying for wisdom and strength to do the necessary.

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