camp flew by
undetected by everyone in my life
except myself and those who shared my experience there.
every summer I think I know what God is going to teach me
and every summer I'm smacked upside the head
with a lesson utterly unanticipated
that I usually don't notice until months later,
the full impact taking much longer to truly sink in.
I didn't think I had a "real" testimony, a God story, until this year.
I didn't think there was any stuff that had happened in my life
that God set in place for a reason.
Or maybe I just hadn't taken much time to think about it?
But I had to share my testimony this summer,
so I was force to comb over my life.
These things, significant things...
mom having cancer
a cousin killing himself
friends getting in a serious car accident
a life-threatening experience
grandparents getting divorced
struggling through the ideas in a class at church
a cousin-in-law dying
As I looked back, the stuff God taught me
hit me like a giant station wagon.
My experiences, good and bad,
were woven together like a perfectly told story.
Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Three things:
He loves us
He works for our good. (IN ALLLLLLL THINGS.)
and we've been called to serve Him.
Take a minute and reflect on what He's taught you. If we don't slow down and take the time to appreciate that every good and perfect gift comes from above, (James 1:17) We might not realize what an amazing story He's writing for us.
undetected by everyone in my life
except myself and those who shared my experience there.
every summer I think I know what God is going to teach me
and every summer I'm smacked upside the head
with a lesson utterly unanticipated
that I usually don't notice until months later,
the full impact taking much longer to truly sink in.
I didn't think I had a "real" testimony, a God story, until this year.
I didn't think there was any stuff that had happened in my life
that God set in place for a reason.
Or maybe I just hadn't taken much time to think about it?
But I had to share my testimony this summer,
so I was force to comb over my life.
These things, significant things...
mom having cancer
a cousin killing himself
friends getting in a serious car accident
a life-threatening experience
grandparents getting divorced
struggling through the ideas in a class at church
a cousin-in-law dying
As I looked back, the stuff God taught me
hit me like a giant station wagon.
My experiences, good and bad,
were woven together like a perfectly told story.
Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Three things:
He loves us
He works for our good. (IN ALLLLLLL THINGS.)
and we've been called to serve Him.
Take a minute and reflect on what He's taught you. If we don't slow down and take the time to appreciate that every good and perfect gift comes from above, (James 1:17) We might not realize what an amazing story He's writing for us.
