His love

At camp, the paid summer staff and a few others give short testimonies on the things God has recently been teaching us. This was mine for last week.
Lately, I've been realizing all of the great stuff God does for me. An example of this would be that about two minutes before I had to leave to come here to camp, I realized I didn't have my watch, and I had no idea where it was. I ran upstairs into my room to frantically search for it, and it was right there in front of me, sitting on my shelf. Right away, I thanked God that He'd shown me where it was. He does stuff like this for me all the time, especially since I tend to forget where my things are quite often. When He helps me like that, whether it's helping me find my watch, making sure my sisters and I don't get into a car accident on the way here, or anything like that, I'm reminded that He loves me. God loves me always, no matter what I do. In His eyes, I'm precious. Him helping me find stuff, keeping me or others safe, or giving me an idea for a story are ways that He reminds me of his love.
The verse that I picked to go along with this is Psalm 36:5. "Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds."
♥
Bekah Joan

God's workmanship

At camp, the paid summer staff and a few others give short testimonies on the things God has recently been teaching us. This was mine for last week.
I didn't want to come to camp this week. I wanted to stay home in an environment where I knew I was loved and accepted. It wasn't a big deal to me that I felt God wanted me to work at camp this summer. I just wanted to stay home.
But I'm here (obviously), because I need to be. As we've been learning in Bible Round Up, we are God's workmanship. That means we're specially designed by Him. We've also learned that we're designed by Him to do good works. This summer, my good work is being a counselor-in-training here. Our verse "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." has been a wonderful reminder to me that whether I want to or not, I'm supposed to be here.
(And for the record, I'm having a lot of run and am really glad I came.)
So, for you guys, do what God tells you to. That's what we're here for. The life God has made for us is the best life we can possible have.
♥
Bekah Joan

p.s. Bible Round Up is the devotion we do with the counselors, and our theme verse is the one quoted above—Ephesians 2:10.

learning how to fly

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I'm off to camp. Well, camp training. This is my second summer working there, and my first as a counselor-in-training. I'm nervous and scared and excited and a bit frazzled because the whole packing process makes me even more nervous.
I think I'm going to forget something.
Anyway, this is my first real job where I actually get paid, and it's all "official" and stuff. It's quite intimidating. I'm venturing out of my little world into one that's filled with kids. Lots of kids (and the staff, who range from teenagers to adults. But a lot of us act like kids sometimes, including myself). I'm leaving my world of precious stories that I make up, and stepping into life. You know, where there are actual stories with actual places and real people. Pretty scary, huh? I'm going out to represent Jesus to a lot of people who, one day, could change the world. I'll make mistakes. Lots and lots of them. But it's also not in my control. God will do whatever He wants, and I'm just here to make sure the kids don't eat glue or make a mess of the cabins.
Before I do that, though, I have to go to training, where I learn the correct way to tell the kids to not eat the glue or accidentally kill whoever has to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I'm learning how to fly. I will fall many times, but I'm not going to stop trying until you all see me soaring in the sky.
(Back to reality, without all the poetic mushy-gushiness.)
Before I go to training, I have to mow the grass, finish packing, and go to my best friend's graduation party, which starts in a half-hour.
So, in other words,
BYE!
(Oh, and the whole reason for this post was to let you know that I'm done blogging until camp is over, which is mid-July. I won't be home except for on weekends, and unless I get a burst of energy, you won't hear from me on this blog for a little over a month.)
♥
Bekah Joan

summer is officially here.

Finally, summer has come. I've been done with school for awhile, but we had our evaluations on Tuesday morning. That makes it all official, I guess. On Sunday, we went to a little place called Sara's. They have some awesome hot dogs and French fries, along with delicious ice cream. We go there every year to start off our summer. Summer camp staff training starts this Sunday. It's going to be a crazy season of kids and the evil summer heat. But you know what? It's going to be awesome.

♥
Bekah Joan