Hello friends! It’s been about a week since I’ve been home from Training Camp. One week. Enough time to get a grasp on what the heck just happened at camp. I’m sure many of you are curious what those ten days in Georgia entailed. Let me tell ya, A LOT happened -changed my life.
So what WAS Training Camp???? It was rolling up to AIM decked out in squad colors and lots of face paint. It was camping in tents. It was taking bucket showers at 11pm. It was eating foods of numerous cultures. It was meeting our smaller teams for the next nine months(SHOUT-OUT TO SEMPER FORTIS). It was hours of sessions and note-taking. It was squad dance-offs and getting caught in rainstorms. It was much more than that, but to sum it up, I left much more spiritually, emotionally, and physically prepared. Okay, so that’s the jist of the what WE did. So now about what God did…
I came to training camp knowing about God and about the Holy Spirit. And to a certain extent, I knew God. But man, God knocked my expectations and preconceptions of Him clear out of view and re-taught me who He is and how to be in relationship with Him. To put it simply, He took off the training wheels.
Up until this point in my life, I’ve created a cushion. I have been creating my most comfortable life. Whether I realized it or not, comfort has been a safety net, or training wheels if you will. Don’t get me wrong, I am so grateful for the way I’ve been raised and the community I have at home. But there is something that happened to me when I was taken out of MY comfort zone. Away from MY home. Away from MY agenda. Away from MY people. Away from MY phone. THIS is where I met God. I got to rely on Him, without the safety of my training wheels. And it changed my life. I was able to identify and deal with baggage I didn’t even know I came to camp with. I experienced freedom that brought my soul back to life. The training wheels came off that week. It wasn’t a smooth transition, as it often is a little rocky in the beginning. But it was necessary for growth to occur. You see, I’m no longer a child. So it is time for me to take ownership of my relationship with God.
“When I was a child, I spoke and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me completely. Three things will last forever-faith, hope, and love-the greatest of these is love” -1 Corinthians 13:11-13
God unlocked something in me at Training Camp. I got to see a glimpse of God’s goodness which looks like pure, unadulterated joy. And I’m hooked. I hope you all get to experience this!! It feels like real living. So much more happened in my heart at Camp and I would love to unpack it on my blogs. Stay tuned:) And if you haven’t already, SUBSCRIBE!! It’s a great way to stay connected and become a part of my journey!! Sending my love.
