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Grace_and_Glory
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I was on a retreat last weekend. It was a retreat for people who had already been on previous retreats, and I learned that nearly everyone seems to get a post-retreat “high.” They feel great and find it easy to pray. I, on the other hand, get a post-retreat low. I feel bad, often on the verge of tears (or past the verge), and it becomes harder for me to want to pray because something about praying makes the sadness come closer to the surface. It doesn’t matter how good I felt before or during the retreat, or how much or little it seemed like God was doing on the retreat, but I always get a post-retreat low. Does this happen to anyone else? Could it just be the way God works in me, or could it be Satan’s way of trying to discourage me, or could it just be something about my psychological makeup? I know, it’s a tough question to ask you who don’t really know me, but I’d like some opinions.