Well, I have now been at camp for the better part of the summer. It has been the most amazing time of my life. There have been so many campers lives impacted this summer. God has truly been at work.
When I started this summer as a counselor I was super nervous. It was something that I was not used to, and was going to be a big step in my life. So I stepped out of my comfort zone to see what the Lord would do with my life. Boy did he do something with it. This summer has been one of the biggest growing areas in my whole life. God has been there every step of the way showing me new things and really working in my life. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to work at camp this summer.
My first week working with Sr. high I was scared stiff. I had never done it before and was afraid that I could not over come the challenge of working with youth close to my age. God had a plan though. I had a young man in my cabin that did not know God as his savior. I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him on Monday night of that week. He had a lot of questions about things pertaining to a relationship with God. When I asked him, he said he didnt deserve to go to heaven and that God would not forgive him for the things that he had done. I was able to talk further with him and share that God would forgive him of his sins. That God wants all of us to be able to be in heaven with him someday. After sharing with him further he realized that he had sinned, but wanted to repent of those sins and change his life. That day he excepted Christ as his his savior. As the week went on I got to see that change in his life. He started to step up in the group as a leader, and really start to realize the things God was doing in his life. The change that I saw in him through out the week was phenomenal. Every time I come back to this story it brings tears to my eyes. Working at camp can be hard sometimes, with the little sleep and long days as well as giving up my whole summer. But all the just faded away into the back ground. The young man getting understanding and excepting Christ that week is what made everything about this summer worth it. There is nothing more exciting in life to me, than seeing someone come to be a brother/sister in the Lord, and knowing that they will be in heaven someday. Knowing that is what makes it worth wild.
The Lord has a way of showing us where and what he wants of us in life. Its whether or not we choose to follow that or not that matters. When we give God our all, our everything, he does amazing things in our life. Give God your life, and he will give you eternity. The things he can do are way past comprehension. Let him work in your life. Give him your all and see what he does with your life.
-Lord, I want to love you with ALL of my heart, ALL of my soul, and ALL of my strength. That is the greatest desire of my heart!
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