Summer

What does Summer mean to you? For some it means spending the weekend at the cabin with the family. For others it means four wheeling through trails or a picnic in a field. Maybe it means swimming at the beach or having a bonfire at night with all of your friends. For me, it means Camp.

Camp is packed full with late nights and early mornings, dinner runs, laying out at the pool, working odd hours everyday, and God. Often times at Camp, I needed to reminded that God's the reasons I'm here. I didn't get myself here, He did.

Every Tuesday we are offered a Chapel session for all the staff. Since it is at 10pm, it is often times very hard to stay for it when I have to be awake and alert by 7am the next morning. Last night, I had decided not to go and instead sleep. Come 9:45, I was still wide awake so I decided I would go for the beginning parts. The first worship song was Open Up the Heavens by Meredith Andrews. One of the lines says, "You're the reason we're here. You're the reason we're singing." It was the perfect reminder that God is the reason I'm 1,800 miles away from home. He's the reason I have my wonderful job. He is the reason for this amazing Summer.

I have one person to thank, God. Revelation 4:11 says, "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." Remember to thank God for today, He's the one who allowed you to breathe another day.