Summer

It's pretty interesting, I think, how people get so excited about summer, yet stressed at the same time. I am absolutely thrilled about summer starting, getting to meet the new staff members and being in only one part of camp instead of all of it. At the same time, I'm stressed out. I have no idea who is going to be working under me, how we'll get along, and what is going to happen through the summer, plus all the work needing to be done to get ready for summer. If I had to choose a season I preferred, it wouldn't be summer, instead it would be either spring or fall. But if I had to choose a season of camp I prefer, it would be summer. As hectic as it can get, and with all the pranks and such campers like to play, I love it. Why? Because each and every week hundreds of people come to Christ. All right, yes, people come to Christ throughout the entire year, but there's something in seeing so many stand at once. I love Hume because it makes a difference. No matter where you work here, whether in Program, SS, Food Service, Admin, or any others, you still have a part in what happens each and every week when the speakers who come up challenge those kids. This is what makes my job worthwhile.

Seasons of Life

Seasons come and go, flowers blooming, trees fading. But what of our seasons, the seasons of our lives? As the seasons of the year go by we take appropriate measures to face them, the heat of summer, the cold of winter, or the rains of fall and spring. So how do we prepare for our own seasons? New chapters are being written in our lives often, whether it's moving to a new town or starting a new job, or meeting new people, or saying goodbye to a loved one, sometimes forever. How do we deal with the seasons of our lives? I find it easiest to sit and pray, to leave it to God. He knows what's coming, He is never surprised. Ask God for His guidance and help and you can face every season of your life, though it may not be easy, but you will always have Him by your side, guiding you through.

Just a thought.

Trusting God

Yesterday I would have given anything to just be able to crawl into a hole and die. I had received some bad news and was very depressed over it. I was praying last night and was reminded of my life verse, Habakkuk 3:17-19 (which I'll not put here as it is so long), and I was reminded that no matter what happens, no matter how bad things get, I can call on the Lord and He will be there for me. I'm still not particularly thrilled about everything that happened yesterday, but I feel so much better knowing that God will help me through it, I just need to trust in Him.

Faith

Why is it that what God wants from us most happens to be the hardest thing to give? Our faith. Why is it we can say we have all the faith in God, until we hit a problem. As soon as things go wrong, isn't it in our nature to lose faith? To try to handle things ourselves, rather than hand them up to God, having faith that He will handle them?

Now, I admit I have problems in this department myself. When things get hard, my first instinct is to handle the situation myself. I will try to find every crack to examine, trying to get myself out of whatever it is I've gotten into. Let's just say, this isn't a good idea. I have fallen flat on my face more often than I would like to admit, because I didn't want to let God help me. Not just that I didn't WANT to let God help me, but I didn't BELIEVE He would. I didn't have FAITH in His abilities to save me, get me out of whatever I was in.

Some of the things we have trouble handing to God are small, virtually nothing (at least to Him). So here's the question: If we can't have faith God will take care of the small things, how can we have faith in the big things?

Just a thought.

Rejoice

When things in life are going wonderfully we are joyful. But, when something goes wrong, suddenly everything is dark and dreary. Shouldn't we be joyful in that too? Yeah, I know, it's not easy to be joyful when you recieve bad news, or slam you fingers in a door, but shouldn't we always try to be joyful, and to rejoice in life, regardless of what is happening? "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice" Shouldn't we be thinking that? Sometimes bad and depressing things happen, but regardless of that, shouldn't we rejoice in the Lord?

Just a thought.

My Sister

So there is this amazing little (well, not so little) person in my life. Her name is Tiffany and she is my little sister. Tiff is, as far as people go, my everything. I absolutely adore her, more than pretty much anything, other than Christ our Savior. She is a firey red-head with spirit and gumption. She is able to make me laugh when I am down. Whenever anything goes wrong she is always there. We've shared many a time together. We've shared laughs, we've shared tears. I absolutely love her more than anything on this earth.

Different People

It's amazing, really, how different people are. We are all made of the same stuff, and yet we are totally different. Just look at how many different races of people there are, the different colors of our skin, our different languages. It truly amazes me, because after the initial skin-deep appearances, we are all the same. We're all made by God, and all in His image. And yet, we all are unique. We all have different personalities, different likes and dislikes, different views. I must say, the human race really fascinates me.