Waiting and watching, ESOAL began another long day with the roars of Facilitators demanding the participants to wake up. There the scrambling to readjust the dew encompassed helmets and to roll up the sleeping bags was the task at hand. Once finished, it was time to fall into place as a company. As the anxious, yet exhausted, participants stood at attention, the day was beginning with or without the Sun’s existence.
At the start of ESOAL, each partaker voluntarily chose to engage themselves into this life transforming event. In doing so, they released their rights to have any concept of time. The sun and the moon were very deceiving as to somehow re-attain this. Another reality was deprived of the participants as well. This Emotionally Stretching Opportunity of A Lifetime began under the impression of lasting anywhere from 50-100 hours. With each challenging second, the end was much anticipated but without any concept of this, perseverance and endurance were the hope which rested on each individual.
This relentless mentality drove the participants to push pass emotions and to reach the infamous status of BAR. Standing for Burial and Resurrection, this was the state of crucifying the flesh’s desires to gain a resurrection from Him that produces a righteousness that is not our own. In desperately wanting to walk out in BAR so that one would be empowered to go father than ever imaginable was worth any fight. And what a brutal fight this was! Consider what temptations would arise as Facilitators ate delicious food in front of the taste deprived participants.
Let the simple example about food illustrate ESOAL’s battles. Taking every emotion and handling it with truth, so that in the end, the result would be eternal. As each difficult and stretching opportunity would arise, the interns would see their weaknesses surface and in their utter disgust the means to bring forth these frailties were worth the fight. It was a process of identifying and passionately crucifying.
Amidst the countless hours of marching and the lack of sufficient sleep, each individual would consider the satisfaction of the entire situation being completely eternal and never temporary. Upon the end being announced, 77hours marked ESOAL’s toll on the bodies of the “finish-finishers”. It was effortlessly noticeable to see their aura was that of complete exhaustion and satisfaction worth savoring in. But upon their dirt stained faces, many had trails of tears.
At the start of ESOAL, each partaker voluntarily chose to engage themselves into this life transforming event. In doing so, they released their rights to have any concept of time. The sun and the moon were very deceiving as to somehow re-attain this. Another reality was deprived of the participants as well. This Emotionally Stretching Opportunity of A Lifetime began under the impression of lasting anywhere from 50-100 hours. With each challenging second, the end was much anticipated but without any concept of this, perseverance and endurance were the hope which rested on each individual.
This relentless mentality drove the participants to push pass emotions and to reach the infamous status of BAR. Standing for Burial and Resurrection, this was the state of crucifying the flesh’s desires to gain a resurrection from Him that produces a righteousness that is not our own. In desperately wanting to walk out in BAR so that one would be empowered to go father than ever imaginable was worth any fight. And what a brutal fight this was! Consider what temptations would arise as Facilitators ate delicious food in front of the taste deprived participants.
Let the simple example about food illustrate ESOAL’s battles. Taking every emotion and handling it with truth, so that in the end, the result would be eternal. As each difficult and stretching opportunity would arise, the interns would see their weaknesses surface and in their utter disgust the means to bring forth these frailties were worth the fight. It was a process of identifying and passionately crucifying.
Amidst the countless hours of marching and the lack of sufficient sleep, each individual would consider the satisfaction of the entire situation being completely eternal and never temporary. Upon the end being announced, 77hours marked ESOAL’s toll on the bodies of the “finish-finishers”. It was effortlessly noticeable to see their aura was that of complete exhaustion and satisfaction worth savoring in. But upon their dirt stained faces, many had trails of tears.
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