Week 2

I considered my chance to read over coffee this morning more valuable than a lengthy entry, so i have only a few minutes to share my week. My second cabin was challenging in that the 9th graders i had grew up in church, but for most it was little more than empty words and to my eyes little passion was perceivable for Jesus. The first two days saw little opening or honesty on their part, but the Spirit moved half way through the week in a powerful way, opening the eyes of two of my campers to the gospel leading toward faith in Christ. God knows if they have truly been adopted as his children, but i am hopeful that change of heart and spirit was true and not just head knowledge. That they did not simply acquire and understand knowledge as a scribe, but as a prophet they gazed into the burning that is God to see the deepest love. That they can now say that Jesus is their treasure is what i hope is truth now for them.

On a separate note i have been reminded once again through the book The Pursuit of God, that to know God as a person is my one and overpowering goal of every second of my life. That "God wills that we should press on into his presence and live our whole life there. It is more than a doctrine to be held; it is a life to be enjoyed." I wish i had more time to write about what God has been teaching me, but time has run out! I am continually amazed by the depths and joy that is knowing God and pray that i will know him all the more in Spirit and not just head knowledge. To dare to utter the meekest syllable to the Center who holds every molecule, every star, every human in place is a terrifying thing apart from the quality of love, yet our Creator is love and thus we can utter all the louder that He would truly be the center of every thought and longing for true life. "You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in You."

Amen