Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne: Holy Island: Blue Skies, sand, flowers, castle, church ruins, friends, ocean, God moments= bliss.
What a blessing this time on the Island was especially having been so sick. I think the sea side helped with the healing ; ) Well, no actually I think it was all the praying. I finally ate my first meal that Wednesday morning…kind of and then ate a full meal on Wednesday night. WONDERFUL!! : )
We were there on the Island from Tuesday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. We had lecture on the early Celtic Christians by a famous historian and expert on the subject and we got to learn more about St. Cuthbert as well as St. Aiden! It was wonderful, especially since we had just walked their path that they used to work within the country side and go back and forth from Melrose Abby to Lindisfarne. They were incredible Christians men! They didn’t believe in evangelizing by getting in people’s faces, but by just living life with the community and putting into practice what God’s Word says and by following Jesus’ example with the way He lived on this earth. How important it is for us to remember this; for it is not about going out in the streets nor do you have to go to some overseas place, but start with just saying hello to your neighbor or being their for a co-worker, get involved with people! I know this is a risk, but this is our purpose to live out the Gospel, not hoard it nor shove it and cram it down people’s throats….not that there isn’t or won’t be a time for actually speaking of the Gospel for there is and will be, but the way in which our society is we must live it out first! So, I challenge you, how are you living your daily, “mundane” life? Have you sought out non-Christian friends in your social circle? Have you fully incorporated God’s Word in your life, is it seen in the way that you are living? I know that I’m challenged with these questions! I pray and hope to be forever being an active Christ follower by living and not just speaking it!
We of course had our three days of lecture as well. Life changing is the best word to describe it. It was on Motivational Gifts and very, very, very insightful and helped me just to further discover how God and who God has created me to be! I really can’t fully describe all that it is or how or why the lecture impacted me, but it did! Andy Raine (the lecturer) was fantastic, he is a British version of Ben Paisley. He wrote a book on Motivational Giftings, called “Given for Life: A guide to motivational gifts. I’m not sure if you can get it on the American Amazon, but I know that you can on the UK one….amazon.co.uk….it is completely worth it and I would say could be equally life changing to not only know yourself better, but as well as your spouse, or friends or family members or coworkers!
We also got to go exploring on the island and have time to just spend time with one another and play a bit, which was needed for all! It truly was a time for me to get physically restored as well as get emotionally, mentally, spiritually challenged and reassured! I wish you all could have seen it and been there. It was beautiful.