summer. SUMMER. SUMMER!!!
i absolutely love summer. maybe more because i am at camp for the summer? not really sure. But i do know that God is doing amazing work in my life. And i am just super super blessed.
Right now, i am sitting in the coffee shop that i will be running for the whole summer.
Someone yesterday said to me, "it is really great to have you here. and to see where you have come from, and how you have grown, to where you are now in your life. so glad you are here, Lisa."
that just really touched my heart a ton. and made me really think of where i have been, and the tragedies i have faced and the things i have overcome. and the fact that i have overcome those things through God, and through people that have helped me along and been the encouraging and loving community i needed. I have no regrets, but i definitely know that my mistakes and trials and really rough patches in my life have made me really strong. and i feel like for the first time in my life i can stand here and say, that i feel stronger than ever before, and God is just continuing to love me and open up my eyes to the things in my life that i need to change and the things that i need to appreciate more, and he is opening my eyes up to the people i need to show love to. and i love to love others. He is showing me things in the relationships i have with others, and what i can do better, and how to love them and meet them right where they are at.
it is truely beautiful what God has been showing me. God is my strength, and the only thing I need. I am so full of his spirit, and his grace and his love. And it consumes my thoughts and my walk everyday.
Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me, loved me, and met me right where i am with open arms. I am so grateful. And God is really showing that to me, he is making my heart feel so blessed and grateful for those around me. So i thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And I give all my praise and thanks to the Lord who has been a very large part of who I am today.
I was going to update on just things about camp and such. but i sort of felt prompted to write what is really on my heart. and this was tugging at it. so updates about staff orientation and how leader training is going so far will have to come soon.
much love. ♥
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Jesus, Moses and an old man are playing golf. Moses steps up to the tee and hits the ball. It goes sailing over the fairway and lands in the water trap. Moses parts the water and chips onto the green.
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The old man steps up to the tee and hits the ball. It goes sailing over the fairway and heads for the water trap. But just before it lands in the water a fish jumps out of the water and catches the ball in his mouth, then an eagle swoops down and grabs the fish in its claws, then the eagle flies over the green and is hit by a sudden bolt lightning and the eagle drops the fish.
When the fish hits the ground, the ball pops out of his mouth and rolls in for a hole in one.
Jesus then turns to the old man and says, "Dad, if you don't stop fooling around we won't bring you next time!"
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