drastic camp.

one story, one hope, one life.

whose writing your story?

is god holding the pen in every situation of your life?
or are you writing your own story?

what needs to be changed in your life?

what are you doing right?
is god filling your whole life, or just part's of it?

these are just a few of the questions we were asked while on camp. one's that every person has a different answer for. these questions really got me thinking, am i really honoring god? or am i honoring myself? whose writing my story? am i holding my pen and writing it on my own.. am i not going to let god take the pen and write the story that was planned for me? the bible verse "for i know the plans i have for you" declares the lord "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (jeremiah 29:11) why should i continue to write my own story? when god has such a perfect life planned for me. so over the next year, my goal is to hand over my pen to god in all aspects of my life.

there are many things i've done wrong in my life, many mistakes i've made, many trouble i've faced and when the question of "what do i need to change" comes up, the first thing that comes to my head is "love your neighbour as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18) one thing i struggle with alot is judging people. i don't like doing it, but it's so hard for me not to. so that's another thing i want to change in my life. one thing that really got me was the question, "what am i doing right" it shocked me that it took me so long to answer this question. what am i doing right.. i couldn't answer it. then i thought, i share god's love.. with many people. which is good, but i don't act upon god's love. and that isn't good.

kristyn used an example of her friend trying to put spots of food dye in a cake, but when the cake came out of the oven it was completely one colour. how this relates to our relationship with god that he can't just be in one section of our lives but needs to be in every section and forfill the whole of us. the whole of our lives in every place we go.

we were asked to go around the main auditorium and look at different scences the leaders had set up. home life; school life; personal life; social life; consumer life; media life; online life; party life and church life. questions we were asked to go with this were, are you the same person in each and everyone of these scenes? where does god sit in each situation, is he sitting on the sideline of your life or is he in the center of each and everyone of the scenes in your life.

the answer to "are you the same person in every scene of your life?" no, i'm not. i act differently around different situations, where i feel more comfatable apose to where i don't. i share god's love in some aspects of my life but in others i've left him sitting on the side line? but why. because i'm afraid of what people will say, afraid of judgement. but this is what i want to change.

the last questions we were asked to reflect on at camp were:

what three things have you been challenged by and take away with you?

what will be different as a result of this?

what area of life do i really need god's light to shine in?

where in the world is god calling me to be a light in?

three things i was challenged with at camp would be:
- handing over the pen to god, to let him right my story so that i may live life to the full. ( i have come, so that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10)

- being the light in places of extreme darkness.

- showing god's love to people you don't even particularly like. treat them how you would want to be treated.

a highlight for me of camp, was being asked to come up the front. steve asked three questions; what year are you in, what do you like doing when with friends and what do you see yourself doing in the future. with very little time to think, i came up with the answers. i want to help people! so many people have helped me, helped me get through my parents divorce helped me to see god's amazing light. i want to be the light to so many people in their lives. in true fact, were all just people, living out our lives as best as we can. but we can be a light into our surroundings, even the darkest of places can be lit by the glory of our god.

drastic was an amazing few days of my life, an amazing time that i'll never forget. i met so many amazing people, so many people i hope to have in my life for the years to come.

so dractic 2010, best week ever ! :)