Camps are done... now back to my 'real' job. 

Back to good ol' DE... This week has been good.  My staff at church and I are getting ready for the summer camps that we put on every year.  The first one is next week - I think we are ready. 

I had an interesting experience/opportunity today.  Spoke with a woman who is Buddhist and wants to send her daughter to one of my camps so that she could be exposed to and educated about Christianity so that she would be able to make an informed decision about what religion she should be a part of.  One of my first thoughts was - well if this child comes to camp - what a great opportunity to witness to that whole family.  I was immediately hit with the second thought - why wait to see if the child comes? So while I was talking to her I shared a bit about what I believed and why and when she sends in her registration form - I would like to send her an invitation to church.  I have no idea how it will be received - it seems like it would be well received - however - based on her story that she shared she hasn't been well treated by the Christians in her life.  Christians often complain about people misunderstanding them and their 'religion.'  Yet sometimes I feel - whether understood or not - we shoot ourselves in the foot and we do the most smearing of God - simply by what we do or what we don't do.  I have thought about this issue often - just this conversation with this woman today has brought it to the forefront of my mind.  Are we living our lives in a way honoring to Him - in every facet - or just when other Christians are around or when it looks good to do so?

This post probably seems a bit muddled - i am not making the most sense today - sorry . 

as i mentioned in my previous entry today... i am on vacation.  my family and i are in kitty hawk, nc... part of the OBX.  I have kind of ignored the real world until today.  I turned my phone off from saturday to today and didn't check my email or anything.  I didn't really want to reconnect with the outside but i needed to get a few church things accomplished.

Today my sister and i went to the state park and the sand dunes there are huge... we walked to the top of the tallest and the veiw was amazing. you could see for miles and the ocean was gorgeous ... other people were around but it still seemed still and quiet.  breathtaking.  Then this evening I went for a walk on the beach.  now i am not really a beach person - not a fan of sand -  but i love to go for a walk at sunset with just my feet getting wet in the surf.  Really - there's not much better than that.  The dolphins were playing and the sun set was fantastic.  I finished off my evening with a swim at the pool here in the complex.  The stars were out and the moon bright with the wind pushing the clouds briskly past.  beautiful.

How can someone be presented with all of that... and still deny the presence of God?  And even Christians, how can we be presented with that and fail to worship Him and glory in Him and His creation?

What a great and mighty God we serve.  How creative He is and how marvelous is His handiwork.

I pray for you, loved ones, that no matter where you are or what you are doing that you are not so deeply entrenched in the ways and matters of this world that you don't have a moment to look around and really see HIM and His handiwork.