Session 3: A Grateful Look Back
Discernment Retreat

Session 3: A Grateful Look Back

Music Info

I Remember

I Remember

By

Life is Strange | Echoes Blue Music


Azimuth

Azimuth

By

Azimuth (created for Pray As You Go) | Matt Hawken Music 2026 (created for Pray As You Go)

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Today, look back over the whole of your story from the very beginning… allowing the quiet work of God in your life to rise to the surface… and give thanks for the gifts God has been giving you all along…

A long breath in… and then a long breath out… allow your body gently to soften… Become aware of how God is present to you… and abide for a time in God’s loving gaze…

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Listen now to God speaking through the words of the Prophet Hosea…

I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those  who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.

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I Remember

God is the giver of all gifts… leading me through those gifts to the fullness of life…

Let your memory roam over the whole of your life… right from your first moment of consciousness… all the way up to this very moment… seeing again the places you have been, and the people you have been with…

The talents that shone, and the turning points of growth…

When did you need to reach out to God for rescue…?

And when were you filled with greatest joy…? As one memory leads to another, let God show you the gifts you need to remember…

Where you feel your memory begin to deepen, pause, and relish the gift… and where you feel pain, name it, and hand it over to God…

Hold the gifts of God in your hands… and speak about them to God, thanking God for everything you have received…

Before you go to sleep tonight, name the three most precious gifts you have received in your life… thanking God for each one… and letting gratitude carry you into slumber…

God, before all else, you are the ground upon which I stand, you are holding me in being, and you love me every day.