Day 6 of SL Staff

Day 3 of camp has been another amazing day. It has been a day of personal challenge filled with opportunities to serve others in Jesus' name. The day began with our staffers having the opportunity to be Jesus' hands and feet by waking up extra early and setting up the rec field so the Rec staff of Student Life would not have to. We were out on the rec field at 6:15 am and had the entire two fields set up in 30 minutes! Basically, our kids did work! Our verse of encouragement this morning was found in Colossians 1:29, "I work hard, striving with God's power working powerfully in me." It was definitely the power of God that gave us such great attitudes of service and love this morning. Every one of our students were working hard and clearly wanted to be there. That was amazing. We then had breakfast and staff devo pretending like nothing happened only to surprise them later. They were so excited. Showing God's love is always rewarding. The staff devo this morning personally challenged me. We have been walking through the story of Joseph. He has taught the heck out of Genesis 37! It is amazing how much I overlook when I read scripture. I have been reading to complete and not reading for change. That must change. My heart must change. God spoke to me through this and taught me that I have become content with certain sins in my life so much so that it doesn't even bother me. That bothers me (: But God is growing me and teaching me what it means to submit ALL of me to Him each day. We had a great day and then we went into our church's own Bible study that we decided to do with our free time and studied 3 verses in Colossians 2 that lasted an hour and a half. Now that was some great Bible study! I cannot say how impressed I am with our students. I would love to share their stories of faith, service, and fellowship right now but I am worn out. That will have to wait until Friday. What I can say is that I have never seen Jesus more visibly displayed in a collective group than our group of 14. There is no pride in that statement... Only gratitude.  I said that I would share my lack of faith story tonight. I will share that tomorrow or in a post later tonight. Just know that God has shown me a lack of faith this summer in what I believed was possible in two specific situations. God is huge and cannot be boxed in by me. Obey God. It's worth it!