Since I was a little kid, Living Word Bible Camp has been a big part of my life. The relationships that I have built through this camp are life lasting. After being overseas and missing the last two years, I decided it was time to come back. So for four weeks I had the privilege of spending my time with over 400 young people, and see God speak into their lives.
Let me tell you. After four weeks of break neck speeds with these kids, I was wore out.
In all the places that I have been the last three years, I feel like God has had something He wanted to teach me personally. And he brought me to a specific place where I would have to deal with questions that come up and challenge what I think and believe. I’ve been exposed to so many world views and teachings, and have seen God work in so many ways that are new to me. And it was good for me to go back to something that is familiar to me and participate with my new perspectives. In my pursuit of God I have clung to one standard. And that’s whatever is “Real”. It sounds kind of funny, but it makes sense in my head. Not everything done in the name of Jesus meets my “Real” standard. Jesus said himself that you could cast out demons in his name and still miss the things that last for eternity. Religion is something that happens when “Real” has died. “Real” is something born out of want, need, passion, and sometimes hardship. It’s a condition of the heart. At the end of the day what brings meaning to our lives and worth to our actions? I ask myself this question all the time. The last thing that I want is to be caught doing something and not knowing why. I know people from all different religious and non religious back rounds, that will argue their points of view on theology and this and that. But honestly most of it doesn’t seem to matter, because when God sparks something “Real” in your life, that’s what speaks to other people…………… MT
