I'm about to leave for my church's men's retreat, called the Men's Advance.
They have it every year, and this will be my second time going. At this
point, I'm not really looking forward to it as much as I should be. It
just sort of feels like something that's taking up a big chunk of my
weekend. I mean, for the past month or so, I've felt like this was
something I should go to, since I got a lot out of it last year, and it's
designed to train the men of our church into more Godly men, plus Pastor
Jason (the singles pastor) kept plugging it as a great opportunity to get
to know other men in the church outside of our young adult singles group,
and I'm definitely lacking in that area. But at the same time, I'm a
little apathetic about it, not really knowing whether I'll really have a
good time or if I'll be able to connect with people. Of course, it's just
as likely that my own attitude would prevent me from connecting with the
other guys. Just like last year, this will basically be a step out of my
comfort zone, which I suspect God wants me to take. I tend to gravitate
toward my own kind--single adults who have never been married and don't
have kids. So while it's definitely an opportunity to step out of my
comfort zone, I just don't feel much desire to relate to people outside of
my demographic right now. So I guess I just need to pray that I go in with
the right attitude and that I'm open to whatever God wants to teach me this
weekend.

I'll be back on Sunday afternoon.

And you can have some fun doing a side-by-side comparison with the post I
made at this same time last year:

http://celebok.livejournal.com/218482.html

--Wayne




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