Assumption 4

Basic Assumption #4: People Make Life Changing Decisions During Unique Occasions of Challenge and Reflection

Isn’t it often the case that we can know that we need to make some kind of change in our life, but time just gets away? It’s not that we don’t care; we just stay too busy.

How often we have stopped during the rush of our activities and thought, I need to spend more time with the Lord. Then we “resolve” to “not miss a day,” or to “pray at least 15 minutes a day,” or to “start keeping a prayer notebook.

What usually happens? We “peter” out—just like Peter failed to keep his vow to follow the Lord to the death. Why? Because most important decisions require significant lifestyle adjustments.

That’s why it usually takes some special opportunity when we are disconnected from the normal routines and familiar territories of life. Under those circumstances we have an occasion for stepping back and looking at an overview of our life. What’s really most important? Are we getting caught up in things that don’t matter that much?

The Mary’s Place ministry is committed to the importance of creating the ideal opportunity for making lasting decisions. By removing all the “normal” obstacles to life-reorientation—distracting surroundings, limited time, unwanted interruptions and financial pressures—our guests will walk away from their experience with renewed passion for spending time with the Lord and a practical life-reorientation plan that will have a good chance for success.