Faith Walk: Station Five

     As we walk to the final station of our faith walk from the retreat speaker, we share about a time we felt alone.  The feelings that come up are so real, so raw. Then the group gets to the gazebo.

                                 I AM Here

Consider: God chose you before the beginning of time, relentlessly pursues you, calls you and woos you.  He promises to never leave you.  He is with you when life is great and on your darkest days. 

 Psalm 139:1-18 “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.  You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.  Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.  If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.”

 

Challenge: Take turns slowly spinning in a circle.  As you spin, pause and read each sign.  I AM Here!

Reflect: Pause for a moment of silence and acknowledge God’s presence.

 

 

 

     When we felt alone, we weren't.  He was really there.  Even if it didn't seem like it.  Even if we didn't see where He was, He was there. 

     Which of the stations has been the best for you?  Why?  Which was the hardest?  I hope that these last five days have impacted you.  If you would like to share any stories, please feel free.  :-)  Thanks for reading.  :-)