I just realised I havent blogged about church camp :o
It felt a little different this year, maybe because Lu's overseas again
and our cg are once again lost sheep without a shepherd hah.
We are probably too old to be lost sheep now anyways.
This year's camp is about what it means to be a Follower of Christ.
Honestly,
I was a lil apprehensive/anxious/uncertain before I went for camp.
Though we went through all the Bible studies during dg but leading them
to the campers in a clear and concise manner which captures the essence of the Word
is really not easy.
So I was kind of panicking but Im so glad Deb was there for me.
Im so so so glad that she's always there to go through the BS material one more time
before I lead the group.
I know we should be prepared already but somehow I just feel so insecure without that one
last time of last minute preparation.
Besides BS, we had games as well!
woah, im so impressed by my group's ability to crack codes during the mystery solving game
*thumbs up* hahah
Not to forget, their enthusiasm during Amazing race.
They were more enthusiastic than me and I was supposed to be the one encouraging them
to stay enthu hah.
We went all the way from church to Discovery centre to Botanic gardens to Vivo city then to some
open space to eat dinner.
It's been a long time since I ran so when they were running in Botanic gardens,
I was lagging so much behind hahah.
They needed my phone to take pictures so I had to run with them!
Im so impressed by them, they ran so fast and it's like their stamina never runs out.
Baffled by how they can do that :o
In the end, I just gave them my phone.
Then there was the skit on the last night.
DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I HATE SKITS?
probably because during CCA camp performances, I saw how
awkward skits can get so I dreaded it so much D:
Though my group's skit was pretty... not complete but at least we tried!
On the side note, I think Christal played princess Jasmine really well.
I really admire how she can be so natural during the skit,
I was practically shaking on stage.
No, I dont have stage fright, I guess Im still fine with large crowds
but not when I have to act in front of them :/
Our Christal indeed (:
Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it."
We had talks as well then cg discussion after every talk.
What struck me was the fact that we are supposed to deny ourselves and carry our cross DAILY
and follow the King.
You know the kind of feeling you have when you hear something that struck you?
It's like something stirs in you and you feel that you have to respond.
So I asked myself have I been carrying my cross daily? Have I even denied myself.
As I look back, I was too busy living my own life and being bogged down during Os
to "deny myself" and follow Jesus.
I chose not to give the steering wheel of my life to Jesus and I really wished I did.
The journey during Os may not have to be so difficult and painful.
Sarah said we are exiles of the world and that we don't belong to it.
What the world find joy in is different from what we find joy in.
We have much more to look forward as compared to what we have now.
Sometimes I feel that I can only see the things before me and not the things
that come after because sometimes the future which Jesus promises seems so abstract and intangible.
I just can't see it as reality yet, maybe because we don't know when it's going to come
so I just pass it off as it's not going to come so soon anyways.
but Sarah told us that this is the reality, the reality is now.
We should be ready ourselves and share God's love to the people around
us so that they themselves can be ready too.
