Saturday, June 19, 2010
A camp with no games! Praise God! :D
HM camp is like a good dream. The awesome thing is that it's life-changing.
So I was telling mum some time before HM camp about how much I hated those dirty games and games with stations (station 1, 2, 3 and so on). Simply because I don't like 'em, no offense. So I was really, really surprised when there weren't any station/dirty games for the entire 5 days at Sunway, because I didn't even talk to God about it and He just decided to settle my complaint - with 2 services (more P&W, yay!) a day & free & easy/cg breakout in the afternoon! Lol, talk about awesome.
I received a lot from the camp. So much so that I don't even know where to start.
I wrote down 3 main expectations in the toilet 3 days before the camp, and forgot all about it until the 2nd day of HM. Then our leaders reminded us to take a look, and I did. Then I realized my first expectation was actually something that the entire camp theme revolved around: a revelation of my identity in Him.
I was so touched. To think God would put that expectation in my heart, make me write it down, and then personalize the experience of seeing it come to pass for me, and to speak to me directly during the P&W. It's just awesome. Sometimes He doesn't speak through words. Sometimes it's just the overwhelming feeling of being so significant to Him that He laid his life down for you, of knowing you're fearfully & wonderfully made, of recognizing that you're called for great things all over again.
His tangible presence is just... amazing. It's ineffable, really. You just feel so loved you don't fear or stress over anything at all. Everything fades away when He wraps you in His tender, loving embrace. You know your future is glorious because He chose you, though you didn't choose Him. You know you're called for great things when he anoints you with an anointing of double portion and the mantle of leadership.
And He's a God who cannot fail.
What He's imparted through pastors and leaders may not show a week after camp, maybe even several years after camp. But they will manifest, in the right season. And when you look back then, you'll know that it's the fruits of the seed God planted in your heart - in camp.
I can't wait to see His giftings & callings manifest in my life. Rock on, Arrow! (: