Journals at Camp

I've done a good job of writing in my journal here at camp.  As I looked back at my journal and read what I had written just this summer, I realized just how much I've begun to understand this summer.  I wanted to share some of what I wrote in my journal.

On July 20 I wrote:

Am I good enough to lead  these twelve girls in a small group on my own?  Yes.  God put me in this position for a reason.  These girls need to hear something God will say through ME.  I may be planting a seed.  I may be watering a plant.  I may be the harvester.  THIS is where god needs me.

You don't have to have it all together.  It's okay to be a mess and show it.  Let God work in you.

On July 25 I wrote:

Sometimes God sends someone who is still learning and growing to teach others.  In teaching others, these people grow and show God to others through their pain, growth, joy, and understanding of Him.  In challenging those who are still learning, we become more than we could ever expect or hope to become.

On July 26 I wrote;

God wants me to be...

Caring
Compassionate
Loving
Present
Listening
Loving
Trusting
Giving
Joyful in all I do

...during these next two weeks.

On July 30 I wrote something that I heard God saying to me:

"I seek the work of your hands."

It's so hard not to love camp when you have so many moments of feeling loved by campers and staff, getting to love on campers and staff, and hearing about how various campers came to accept God during their time here.