Uncontained

How can it be that another summer has already flown by…and God has proven his unending faithfulness to Covenant Pines once again. The summer stared two months ago when the summer staff arrived, and though the first day may have been admittedly a little awkward, God quickly began moving among us and bringing us together to form a community what a heart and mind towards Christ. He began to prepare us to be sidekicks in his work that he has planned for the summer. Youth camps then began coming and going faster than we could comprehend, and God moved, his spirit swept through this place like a mighty wind. God is all around us, he surrounds us no matter where we are, and since he cannot be contained in any form, our faith cannot be either. As campers came up this summer, they entered an environment that had no containment in their pursuit of faith and truth and ultimately God. Tough questions were asked, and struggles were endured, but God worked in all of those times. Of course the summer was full of incredible times as well. The tough questions were answered, and God made his presence obvious to us, and campers decided to ask Christ to be part of their lives, and they will never be the same. Yes, God does move, He is everywhere and constant, and he is moving in the lives of His people. Matthew 10:39 says, ‘if you cling to your life, you will loose it, but if you give up your life for me you will find it.’ This summer we found the Ultimate Hero, and along with that discovery we found new life in Him and a way to live, truly live, the life of sidekicks for the Hero that moves so powerfully among his people.

So as we close out the summer continue to pray for the campers that as they went home they were able to find a community of people to uplift them in the change that God worked in them this summer. Pray also for the campers whom God is still perusing, and that he will make himself very evident to them, and that they will have no doubt in them that Christ is their Savior. Also, continue to pray for the ministry of Covenant Pines and that as we continue to peruse God’s direction that he will continue to be faithful to us.