Words of Wisdom from English...

I guess I am going to start out by mentioning a few that really helped me get through last summer. The first one is from Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." This was awesome come July 4th, and your so busy, and your so tired, but when I took the time to do some quiet time rather it be just a couple of verses, or a couple of chapters, or a whole book, it really showed. Some days i really had to dig down deep because i was tired, but once I gave it to God, he really shone threw me, and really helped to make it through some of those long days. The second one that i really loved comes from Colossians 3:12-15 "God has chosen you and made you His holy people. He loves you. So you should always clothe yourselves with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. Even more than all this, clothe yourselves in love. Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity. Let the peace that Christ gives you control your thinking, because you were all called together in one body to have peace. Always be thankful." This verse is amazing for so many reasons! First off we have to lean on each other, living extremely close to a lot of people can be so difficult, but you have to lean on each other, and love each other! And if you make a mistake saying sorry, and forgiving each other is so important! God is going to be doing some amazing things this summer, but if were all caught up in drama, and being mad at someone, then God may not be able to do all he is capable of doing, because we were too busy, worried about less important things. You have to forgive each other, and love each other! I think that if God forgives us, then we should definitely be able to forgive each other. Second of all we have to love these campers. Not all these campers know what it's like to be loved, or payed attention to, God calls us to love, its not always easy, but amazing things happen when you do love. We show God when we love, and God will use us this summer in ways we didn't think were possible. This summer is going to be crazy busy, but a lot of fun! It truly is important to stay in the word and keep digging deeper!

~English