Holy Land

You know that feeling when you leave someplace you love? The empty stomach feeling, like you know you are missing it as soon as you leave? That's exactly what was happening to me today while I scaled my way out of Wildhorse Canyon(aka The Canyon, WaFaRa). I just spent a good 2 days in a place that I will never forget. The canyon will always have a special place in my heart. The best part of the mere 2 days that I was there was that I got to spend it with good friends that I don't get to see very often. These friendships are so special to me because God is the center of them. God intended us to share in relationships with others, sharing in the Love that He shows us everyday. He wants us to reciprocate that Love. I can't explain how these friendships grow so fast except that God is the reason why they happened.

While at the canyon I was able to share it with Andrew, one of my best friends. He had never been to Young Life camp before so while descending into the canyon I couldn't hold back my excitement for him. The first night the camp manager really said something that made sense. He said, "This is Holy ground. It isn't Holy because of the amount of money we have put into it, how cool it is, it's not holy because of the amount of work we do for it. It is Holy because every day during this summer leaders get show Christ's love to high schoolers". When I was leaving, it made me think more of this Holy ground. This ground is what God intended life to be. This is what God wants. There is a reason why I felt so uneasy in leaving. I was leaving a place, a world, in which God intended it to be like. God wanted us to all share our lives together with Him in the middle. That is why it is a Holy ground. You can feel the Love when you are there because it overflows.

This week I get the opportunity to share the message at our College Young Life club. I am so pumped. I am sharing John 8:1-11. My plan is to emphasize the Love that God has for us. I want the students to know that God knows us. He knows everything we do, or don't do and still doesn't condemn us. God's love is always flowing and that it has never stopped for us. God will Love us as much as He did yesterday, and the same as He will tomorrow no matter the circumstances. It is a unconditional love that won't stop. It will always be there. It is just up to us to see it. So hopefully the message and overall club will go well. Pray for me!