Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Today...I blog.

At last!!

I have been trying to update this for the past two weeks, but blogger wouldn't let me in!! How obnoxious. Finally, after much laziness, I am going to post.




I just arrived back from camp. Wow, what an amazing week. A decent bit of revalation and reflection.

I didn't want this week to end.

It was awkward, because as dining hall supervisors, we were almost isolated from the campers and many staff. It was mostly a scheduling fluke, most activities were pretty close to mealtime and therefore we were needed elsewhere. A few old friends would come up to me and be like "Dude, where are you all the time? We never get to talk or hang out anymore." It's strange. I wish I could do something else there, but I know we're needed, and I'll do whatever I have to to be there.

Spiritually speaking, the week was amazing. The theme was Godly Passion. I can't tell you how much God worked in the campers and staff with this idea of passion. God was in charge of who was there to hear it.

One night, we were all discussing how we were all going back out into the world and coming off our spiritual highs. How do you maintain that spriritual furver when there's no more campfire, camp friends, or concert or youth rally or whatever? One camper gave this illustration: it's like taking a log from the campfire and throwing it into the wet grass. When the log doesn't have any other logs to burn with it, it quickly goes out.

I was reflecting on this when I realized something. One day, we won't have to seek out friends and brothers to help us on our journey. We'll be with them all the time. We'll all be together again in heaven.

Camp is a piece of heaven. A brief time out of the year where we are able to share in unbroken fellowship with other believers, in addition to the main event: a closer more intense connection to God.

Camp is magic. The true magic. It's a gift, straight from God. Just like our churches, our families, and in my case, my job. Only camp is different. I never realized how much of an impact camp has had on my spiritual life. I used to just think it was a cute social affair, but as I get older, I realize that it's so much more.

For those who have never been to a Christian camp, it's next to impossible to describe what it's like. It's a ppiritual vacation. If this is what a nano second is like in heaven is like, I'm even more excited to get there, and I'll finally get to see God face to face.



4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cade, that is amazing and those last few paragraphs are so perfect in describing what I feel about camp. It's so awesome!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad I met you and got to play Mou with you. God bless!

10:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice post, Cade.
It's good to have you back.
I heart camp :)
See you tomorrow.
Take care,
Wawa

12:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Crap, I did it wrong :( Sorry

12:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DUDE!!! YOU POSTED!

Hey Cade, it's cool to hear your thoughts on camp. I've never really though about the 'slice of heaven' aspect of anything that we do this side of eternity. But I think your analogy could really be put to use in a lot of micro-situations here and now.

-Jason

9:48 AM  

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