Every Monday night after the campers have arrived and we finish dinner, night swim, and drama, we head back to our cabins and have a little Monday night cabin talk before bed. One of the things we, as counselors, have been taught to really stress with our girls is the importance of being women of God. We teach the kids about respect, dignity, modesty, wisdom, love, kindness, and about thinking careful before they speak.
The more that I give this talk and hear it given and the longer I'm here at camp stressing it with the kids the more I become conscious of having these characteristics in my own life. I want to be known as a woman of God. When my time comes to be with the Lord I want to be remembered as someone who was respectable, honest, faithful, honorable, kind, loving, generous, hospitable, modest, wise, and kind. The more I've thought about these things the more I have come to see that I cannot become a woman of God on my own and most definitely not without being drenched in His word.
I have spent a lot of time in Proverbs in my face time with Jesus recently and God is using it greatly in my life. Daily I am convicted and challenged with something else to put off and put on. This summer has not been presented to me without it's challenges, but it comes with far greater blessings! There have been and still will be days of weakness, days when I think I can't go on, and the truth is that I can't.....on my own. But God is growing me and teaching me and strengthening me daily and I am so excited to continue towards my goal of becoming a woman of God! :)
