Count Down ONE WEEK LEFT!!!!!

Well it’s hard to believe that I’ll be leaving in exactly one week for CAMP!!!  How cool is that?  Looking at all that’s happened in the last few months I am amazed by the grace of God in my life.  For a long time I was too afraid to trust Him.  I valued the security of a full time job, a regular pay check, health insurance, a retirement fund more than the security in walking by faith.   I valued my own ways and plans more than His ways and plans.  And I was miserable.  I was miserable not just because I hated the job, but because I wasn’t living for His glory.  I wasn’t using the gifts He has given me to honor Him. 

I still don’t know what my life lived for Him will look like, and honestly there’s days when the not knowing scares me.  However,  I am learning ever so slowly but steadily the truths from God’s Word that promise His presence with Me, His faithfulness to me, His love for me and His grace’s sufficiency.

Joshua  1:9 “Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be frightened, and  do not be dismayed , for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 Corinthians 1:9  “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Psalm 13:5 “But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.”

Looking at the opportunity I’ll have over the next few weeks to encourage teens to grow in their relationships with the Lord.  To help the learn the joy that it is to serve Him.  I am humbled.  I am thankful.  I am totally through the roof excited to be even a small part in the Lord’s work. 

On a side note, I love getting mail!!  So for any of you who are inclined to send mail I thought it couldn’t hurt to give you the address.   .    . Just in case!!  I’m not sure yet how much access I’ll have to the outside world, I’m planning on embracing all of the camp limitations on technology to make sure I’m 100% there.   So I’m certain mail will be an extra special blessing.

Camp Otyokwah

Sarah Comfort

3380 Tugend Road

Butler, OH 44822

The Road Less Traveled

I’ve known for quite a while now that I’d be working at Camp Otyokwah this summer.  I decided to wait until I knew what my official position was before making a blog announcement.  Well on Sunday I found out I’ll be working with their Counselor in Training Program.  Basically I’ll be working with high schoolers to help them prepare to minister to some of the younger campers and mentor them as they’re working. I don’t know all the details of what the job will look like day to day, but I do know I’ll have the opportunity to be in God’s Word with these young people and have the chance to pour into their lives as they’re trained to serve the Lord in camp ministry.

Having grown up going to camp I count it a privilege to be involved in Camp ministry this summer.  Looking back at my time as a camper I am amazed at how God used those weeks to work mightily in my life.  There is something incredible about a time that is set apart.  A time away from the many distractions of day to day life.  A time in the midst of God’s wondrous creation.  A time saturated with the study of His living Word.  A time when His praises ring through the air.  A time when brothers and sisters come together to focus on their heavenly Father.

I am humbled that He has opened up the doors to allow me to serve Him in a ministry that He has used so much in my life.  I don’t know what all God has in store for my future.  There are still days when I want desperately to look ahead into the days He has planned.  Right now in this moment I am simply thankful for this next glimpse.  Leaving my job I wanted more than anything to be able to spend my time doing something that was useful to Him, not just working at a job that paid the bill and gave me some false feeling of security.  I am grateful for the chance to encourage, teach and love on these young people as they focus on serving the Lord. 

This road is a different one than the one I had envisioned myself on.  It’s not the road I would have expected to travel, but it is one that God has blessed and prepared before me.  So if you think of it pray for me.  Pray I’ll honor Him in everything I do.  Pray for the young people I’ll be working with that the Holy Spirit will be at work in them.  Pray that I’ll trust Him, that I won’t long for another road so much that I miss the joys of the road He has lovingly prepared for me.