Well, this will be the second time that I have tried the blogging. The last time I tried it was on Xanga and I just did not get into it. That was probably because my wife wanted me to do it so I didn’t really have an interest in doing it. Maybe since I have to pay for it this time it will be different. Also I am really looking forward doing it this time. After the Nashville NYWC, I started reading several blogs done by several people who were at the convention. It has been fun seeing what God is doing in other people's lives. It has also been good to just see glimpses into the lives of people who God is working on. Since this is my inaugural post I figured that I should tell you a little bit about myself. I am in my early thirties and have a wonderful wife. We also have a 19 month old son who surprises me, frustrates me, and gives me joy every day. Most of the time is the joy and wonder that I get from watching him explore and learn his world. I am amazed as I watch him realize things for the first time. You can almost see it in his eyes. Why have I lost the wonder? When did I become so jaded that I missed the wonder in everything that God created?
You would thing that since I manage a Christian camp that I would be more attuned to nature and to God's creation. But it seems that sometimes I am more concerned about fixing this thing or doing that thing to take the time to really appreciate what God has entrusted to me.
I have only been at my present job for about seven months and so this weekend was the first time that my family was able to come down and see the camp. This has allowed me to see things from a new set of eyes not tainted by the politics of working within a denomination. Not having to worry about who I get to come speak at a retreat but it will upset some small little subgroup that has a very loud voice. Why do we let those few who choose to be negative and to not see what God is doing run everything. I knew that this job had some level of politics involved but I don’t want to play. What should I do? How do I engage in the politics and yet not forget the kids and what God has called me to do? Can I do both?
I know that God has called us here for this time. This last weekend at the NYWC God gave my wife, my sister-in-law, and me a shared vision for where the camp needs to head. Some of this vision came after I sat in Mike King's seminar about the youth worker as spiritual guide. I had been trying to tell my wife the vision but she just kept talking about the ADD seminar that she went to and how much it helped her. Then all of a sudden she had this create idea to create sacred space around the camp. I had not been able to tell her my ideas without her all of a sudden coming up with the same vision. Now we just have to start slowly and try and find some sacred places around the camp. Please pray for us as we start doing this.
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