Our God Will Show Up!

Well here it is, two weeks gone by, and what a wonderful two weeks they have been. This past week by far has taught me much and God has moved in powerful ways. I served as a cabin counselor this week and I had six girls in my cabin. They were the sweetest girls ever, and we made some cool memories, but the best memories will be the ones that were founded in God. I knew before this past week even started that God had huge plans and that His presence would fall heavy upon young hearts. The theme was 'The Great Adventure' and we talked about how our lives are a journey and where God wants to take us. Christy and I taught a class each day, studying the book of Exodus. We wanted to take them to a deeper level than just what they learn at Sunday school. Thursday night was the 'powerhouse' night. We taught class in the evening instead of morning so Christy and I decided to make the setting and mood more along the lines of a service. Christy spoke about our destinations when it comes to an adventure, and that we can not lead someone where we ourselves havent been. See Moses was afraid to go into Egypt for God; he fought Him on it over and over, but in the end it was Moses who learned from that fear, and was able to hep the Israelites let go of fear and cross the Red Sea.
We challenged the kids to be brave and to come up front and hold "Moses' staff (a hiking stick I found)" and share with everyone what they've gone through or are going through and to make a vow that they would use it to help people get through the same struggles. One after the other teens started coming up and pouring our their hearts and souls! About half of the campers came up, and they were moved to tears. As they cried, they shared that people called them weird or not good enough. They confessed that they were living two different lives between their Christian friends and their non christian friends. They confessed that they were to afraid to share Jesus with their family and then some other things. I will NEVER forget that night, and how thick the presence of the Lord was. We stayed back and prayed with them, and these young wonderful teens stayed back praying for each other. God really did move this week just as He promised, He said He would show up and because He is so good He made A CHANGE IN MANY HEARTS! Yes our God will show up. I can't wait until He does even more.