It's weird. This summer, this season. I don't know how to put words to it just yet. This is the first summer in my entire life that I won't be at Young Life Camp...at all. I left Washington Family Ranch on June 4th - just less than two weeks before the camping season started. It's kind of weird. I don't know what to make of it. I love Young Life Camping and know that's what I want to do with the rest of my life. So I'm feeling a little like a fish out of water this summer.
I don't have anything big to share. I haven't gotten a job yet. I don't have any big thoughts or anything super encouraging. Just that I'm still here, still trusting the Lord with my future, and trying to be patient in the meantime. Being patient is hard.
For those of you who don't know, one of my brothers, Kory, and I are working on memorizing the book of James. I've got the first two chapters down cold. If you run into me at any point, feel free to quiz me. I love to share. Anyways, there are a few verses in James in particular that have been helpful to me (and I believe to Kory as well) in this season.
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance much finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." James 1:12
The Lord doesn't promise that things are going to be easy or good all the time in this life, but He promises some pretty great things on the other side for those who love him and endure those hard times. It's these promises that I'm clinging to in this time. The Lord is good, all the time, my friends.
