Seeing God...

Matthew 5:8 says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." Something the Lord has been teaching me about here is that we see Him most clearly when we live in purity. This past semester I lived in such apathy and was so frustrated because I lacked desire and thirst for God and His Word. In just these last two weeks that I've been here, the Lord has revealed more to me through His Word than ever and I have been so eager to hear from Him in my quiet time in the morning. This verse in Matthew opened my eyes. I have been so caught up in the distractions of the world--cell phone, TV shows, movies, facebook, competing for friendships and attention, etc. When all of those things were stripped from me here, I was forced into a very disciplined schedule and the only thing to do here is read my Bible and talk about God all day haha!! We get up early in the morning, have strict meal times, lots of sunshine and physical activity, and lots of hard work. Although the discipline has been tough, it has grown my intimacy with the Lord incredibly. So many impure and worldly distractions have been removed from my life and through that I have been freed to seek the Lord in purity and SEE Him clearly! His ways are pure and there is FREEDOM in a life of discipline! Who knew?? :) 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, "...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is FREEDOM." The Lord is giving me a taste of that here and it is wonderful.

We get our first campers on Monday!! My next night off is Friday (a week from tomorrow) so my next update will be full of new stories and experiences I'm sure!! Please pray for patience and perseverance as I have no clue what it's going to be like! I'm nervous but very excited! God is good :)

Thank you all for your prayers!!