In many parts of West Africa churches organize retreats for their members. Many church goers are familiar with these. Some Christians take some days off at the start of the year, end of the year, or at Lent period to retreat and spend time with the Lord.
CYARA’s desire is to build times of retreat into their rhythm of life. Sometimes we convince ourselves that we do not have the time for retreats. The issue is not having the time, but encouraging ourselves to see this as worth scheduling time for.
We can intentionally disengage to purposely rest and nourish our souls as we spend
time in In Mark 6:31, the disciples of Jesus were so busy with people they did not
even have time to eat.
Jesus knew his disciples were weary and suggested they took time off to rest.
