Roaming Tennessee Girl

Out of the Bed

For the past week I have been privileged to be part of the M-Fuge staff in Charleston, S.C. I spent the week living in a college dorm room working as a camp counselor at a youth camp. Over the past week I traversed the pavement of CSU at least 100 times. I taught bible studies on the story of Moses' life for teenagers between the ages of 12-18 from all over the south. I took my campers a lower income housing complex to have a children's camp in the hot Carolina sun. My day started at about 6:45am and didn't stop until after 11pm (sometimes 1am).

This past week I wasn't in my bed. I am so tired that it actually hurts to think. My feet hurt so much that walking at night was and still is torture. I have sweat off at least 10 pounds (okay that is a slight exaggeration!). I have barely had time to sit down to eat, and the coffee here is undrinkable. I have only been averaging about 5 hours of sleep a night. My nose, arms, cheek, forehead and ears are a nice rosy color. My voice is gravely and slightly mannish:) I am probably a little dehydrated and worst of all my single bed is tiny and uncomfortable. The humidity is so high that my sheets always seem to be damp...AND I ONLY HAVE TWO PILLOWS.

But this week I saw God at work. I watched two middle schoolers lead a 7 year old in the sinner's prayer. I watched my campers and adults on my site love on children who rarely hear encouraging words. I saw teenagers become broken over the word of God. I saw them give their own money to send overseas. I watched 26 solid Christian staff members serve with a passion that humbled me. They were living out the call God has placed on their lives. They were broken over the lostness of their campers and their ministry sites. They were living out there faith.

I firmly believe God wants us to not spend all of our time just teaching and learning for our own personal gain. He knows how important my 'bed' time has been for me. He knows I needed His healing and His love over the past few months. However this week He reminded me that what I do out of my 'bed' time is just as important. The balance is important. I need both. I am called to have both...

posted by deanna @ 4:29 PM