this is more then I could ever write.

Live such good lives among the pagans that,

though they accuse you of doing wrong,

they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

1 Peter 2:12

campcampcampcampcamp

I can hear the roar of the milk truck at FIVE A.M.--- it is here where I sin at Camp...this is where mean, negative thoughts coarse my mind...not with the campers, but with that truck and the trash truck and the bread truck rumbling through Boy's Town while I try to sleepsleepsleep.

I never forget how amazing Camp is...truly amazing...fascinating...wonderful beautiful.

but

then

you're not there

you my fellow staff and the wonderful beloved campers

w/o people it's NOT Camp

not even close

YOU

James....

The WORD of GOD: Book of James 5:5-6 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.

The "he" is us.

If we are called to "righteous", then we are called NOT to resist.

ohhhh Lord.....I want to resist.

I want to make what is wrong/right, I want to fight the injustice, but yet; "he does NOT resist you"

BUT Lord, seriously? Don't resist the inequities of the world, Lord please let me fight them! They anger me, hurt me, hurt others and yet.....do not resist?!?!?!?

Forgive me o'Lord.....for I resist more oft then I should.

I am saved by grace.

no messin' 'round.....the grace of Christ.

(( written while listening to E Smith "2:45 A.M." ))

everythingIown

after a day of work~school~play

This is what I have left.
my hat, my bible, music, chap stick, money and receipts

what did I leave behind today?

what did I do?

I, I, I,. I, I, ipod, ilove, ineed, ido

everything--- I,I,I,I,I,I

what about others

isn't that what music sings about, the bible talks about and what money is for??????

what have i learned...here....on this earth? love to love and give to give

no messing around here.....see everyone around you, love all, share, care, lovelovelovelove and when you are done- LOVE>>>>>>>> go

outofthe darkness--- in to the LIGHT

IT IS TIME

the time of darkness is over

this IS the time of light

the bulbs in the ground feel the warmth in the dark and dirty dirt caused by the light as they are coaxed out of that darkness to experience life---light.

not long after...they will BLOOM

color~beauty~life

THINGS THAT MEAN something

b ready

b awake

He is calling you.

wisdom & insight

I think a lot about confidence and motivation.

Yesterday I read Proverbs 4. I keep re-reading it for some reason....I guess there is just SO MUCH there and yet it is all so simple.

I do think that love is a motivator. Good love, the kind of love that refreshes one's soul. The love of loving others and knowing we are loved.

I think that is the hard part....the knowing we are loved part.

If God, is our Father then we need to know how strong His love is.
Truly how strong it is.

Nothing can get in the way of the love of God for His children......nothing.

So let's go forth today resting in the knowledge that we are loved by our Father and there is nothing we can do that will change that.