Summer Camp '007

So...i finally got a chance to write another blog...I got back from camp about a two weeks ago and God did big things.


I don't even know where to start. I learned so much. Camp was fun...girl time, group time, game time, but especially God time. At this camp there was a really great opportunity for me to spend time just talking to God and growing my relationship with him. I was really able to see Him working in my life and I was able grow closer in my relationship with Him. Many people think that God is an impersonal God, God showed me in many, many ways this camp that He cares about me and wants to have a relationship with me.


The main thing that God showed me was my sin...but at the same time His grace. His abounding, incredible, surrounding, forgiving, merciful grace. Recently, I have almost had an obsession with God's grace and the realization of it. I was overwhelmed by God's grace and my sin and they both coupled together into a beautiful love story. I was also overwhelmed and overjoyed by the fact that God saved me in spite of me. Tom said something that really hit home for me: God who is everything, takes you who is nothing, and makes you something. The essence of that is so simple yet so profound.


God also increased my love for the lost because I had opportunities where I was able to tangibly minister to people who weren't believers. Bethany, a girl in my group (and also my really good friend), said something to me and it made perfect sense to me. We were talking about lives before knowing Christ. She said, talking about life without Christ, "you don't really know what empty is until you're full". The beauty of being filled by Christ is something that i guess I have taken for granted since I have become a believer but if I think about life without Him, I don't know where I'd be and it's a scary thought to be sure.

God also taught me to trust Him. I know that He's in control of the details, but actually trusting Him with the details seemed to be easier said than done. I was having a hard time doing that but God just revealed to me that it is foolishness not to trust Him, because whether I trust Him or not doesn't change what happens because the truth is: He is in control of my life and all the details that go with it no matter what.

Aside from what God taught I was really able to grow the friendships with my d-group girls and other amazing people in my life and that fellowship was a huge blessing. I am really excited that God has me in Student Ministries and I am there with a purpose. I hope I will be able to serve Him in my last two years of Student Ministries. I want to make His name is known in whatever way I can and I want to serve Him with all of my heart! I know that He has me on this earth ultimately for a purpose, which is to bring Him glory and spread His name and I pray that He would give me the courage and the strength to accomplish my mission; to finish the race set before me!

a longer blog is coming soon...

Hey everyone! I just got back from camp! God did some amazing stuff! I promise I will make sure to post as soon as I possibly can I just need to get my thoughts together a little bit more so check back for posts soon!