Signing Off
Monday, July 19, 2010
I’m just back from Oswestry Senior Camp - utterly brilliant. The best yet and the last - for me, anyway. After attending, then being a dorm leader and latterly the main leader, at over 30 camps, I reckon I’ll lay down the baseball bat from now. It’s been great to be involved with Camps and I look forward to watching from the sidelines as they develop under the guidance of Laura MacLeod.
It’s great to let others take over, to know that God has other plans – for them and for us - and it’s important not to become stale or to get in a rut. That is a very important truth, spiritually, too – one of my favourite verses in the Bible is from Lamentations 3 v 23:
‘Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness’.
His mercy is new to us every day, so it’s important to speak to Him every day, to thank Him; to ask Him to refresh your understanding, appreciation and love for Him. He never goes stale and when we follow Him with all our hearts, neither will we.
So as I pass the baton on for camp leadership, I look forward to a different chapter of service opening up in my life. I think the time is also right to pen my last youth blog. Time to move on here too. It’s been great fun writing the blog – and I pray it’s been useful for you too.
As I close, remember, Christ is everything! There is no better Lord, King, Guide, Helper and Friend. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. If you are happy without Him, your heart is in the wrong place – don’t be content with that deception, get out of the rut and let Him heal you; it’s too important to shrug off.
See you around!
D
