HomedotMagisReflectionsThe Beautiful Racket of My Life

The Beautiful Racket of My Life

screamAfter eight days of silence and stillness on my retreat at Eastern Point Retreat house, I was ready to return to the noise of my life—the “Mom, guess what?” The “Mom, can you hold me?” The clatter of little feet on our kitchen floor. The boisterous shouts of our children playing together that turn frequently into fits of laughter.

I was ready to return to conversations with my husband that often occur in snippets between tying a kid’s shoe and pausing to help a child with a task. I was ready to return to the delicate balance of work and family.

The retreat provided much rest and time to refuel. God surprised me with many gifts and graces during our extended time together. As the retreat ended, though, I knew it was time to return home, to my daily resting place. While God was readily found in the complete silence and stillness of retreat, my call was not to stay there. My search for God and the deepening of my relationship with God happens within the busyness of life. I am called to live as a contemplative in action. My call is to seek God daily amidst the beautiful racket of my life. Just as God found me in the silent and still moments of retreat, I am now more aware that God, too, will find me in the sound and motion of everyday life.

Becky Eldredge
Becky Eldredgehttp://beckyeldredge.com/
Becky Eldredge is a writer and spiritual director in Baton Rouge, LA. The author of Busy Lives & Restless Souls and The Inner Chapel, Becky holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Education from Louisiana State University and a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University New Orleans. She has her Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Spring Hill College. Becky has been involved in ministry for more than 15 years, with the majority of her work in retreat ministry and adult faith formation. While ministry is one of her passions, her greatest joy is sharing life with her husband, Chris, and her children, Brady, Abby, and Mary.

4 COMMENTS

  1. I’m so glad you got that chance to reflect and pray!
    I know when things here are loud and boisterous and cluttered I sometimes envy the life of a cloistered nun … but then, when I really think about it, I know that I’m in the right life after all. It’s always good to remember that.

  2. Amen and amen, Becky! I join you in being thankful to our God for the gifts and graces He surprised you with on retreat, as well as for the readiness to return with Love.

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