Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Well, here I am back from 6 days of Christ! Camp was stinkin awesome! God did some great stuff while we were there. I think there were about 100 or so commitments to Christ - first time - then there were some rededications and commitments of baptism. I don't know the final number. There were almost 500 middle school students there. Every day was packed full of stuff to do...no down time at all! We got up at around 6 or 7 and didn't go to bed til 12 at the earliest. Needless to say, I'm physically and mentally drained but spiritually FIRED UP!! Sunday night: Jeff had told us adults that worship was going to be intense...almost like high school. No "fun" worship (where we jump around and such), etc. He told us as family groups to pray for the Spirit's "downpour" there at the service...and oh my goodness He did!! Even before worship started, God was already moving in lives. Jeff gave a salvation call, then he asked if anyone was struggling with something. It was then I sat down and prayed for the kids in there. In that moment, I honestly believe I heard the still, quiet voice of God tell me to get my Bible, stand up, and look for a girl in my group. I was so scared because I'm not good at the one-on-one thing, but I got up anyway and watched. Just then I saw two of my girls walking toward the back. I met up with them and we went outside to talk. Ok. You know how God allows you to go through some crap? Well, the crap that I've experienced, struggled with, and conquered through the blood of Jesus were the very things that these two girls were struggling with!!! Hallelujah! So I got to encourage them and pray with them about it. Then the next day during my quiet time, He spoke to me again. People who know me well, know that I work at Chick-fil-a. A lot of our "regulars" went with us to camp. Every single day I heard at least one thing about work. I was honestly trying not to think about it because I wasn't there. This was my vacation (unpaid, but a vacation)...I'm not supposed to think about it!! Well, everyone who said something to me got the reply that I didn't want to talk or even think about it. Well, God wanted something different! During my quiet time it talked about how Moses felt as he heard all the clawing and screaming from the ark as they were drowning and he couldn't do anything about it! There are people that I work with every day that are clawing at the ark. The difference is that I CAN do something about it! I pray that they'd see God radiating from me so that I can tell them of how awesome He is and how He has changed my life! God told me that I needed to start praying then for the people who don't know Him at work. Crazy stuff, huh? When I heard Him speak, I was scared, yet excited! I have never heard His voice so clearly before. It kinda freaked me out, but at the same time it was great. I know that He loves me and cares enough for me to speak to me like that. There was one song that we sang that really made me think:
"Oh praise the One Who paid my debt and raised this life up from the grave!"
Think on that....meditate on it....let it soak in your brain. How awesome is our God!!

3 comments:

Sarah said...

Great post Rach! I knew GOD was going to amazing things this past week. Thank you for sharing and I'll continue to pray for you with the work thing. Hey and don't take that goofy grin off of your face for a long time!! *wink*wink*

Jenn said...

This is the first time I have ever read anyones blog message and I guess the first time to comment on one too. After reading this blog and all of your other ones I was just blown away at how awesome God is and how He works out everything to His Glory. luv ya,c ya at work.

Anonymous said...

Incredible blog Rae! God is always so amazing yet we are surprised every time he rocks our world, aren't we??!! Your blog is a deep, cold, refreshing drink to a parched spirit, thanks.
I love you!