Lord, I could never show You anything as beautiful as You.

I was at church camp this past week. Five days of isolation with God.
It couldn't have come at a better time.
During the week, a lot of kids were set free. Lots of kids made decisions in their hearts to live for God.
And for others, it was simply an emotional experience that was foreign and uncomfortable, and I'm sure they're glad to be back home, where they're free to live as they please and not feel to guilty.
I went to camp with an open heart and prayers that mainly consisted of questions.
And here's what I've learned.

I've learned that to be a Christian, ready to do anything God asks of you, you have to be willing to be unpopular.
Even amongst other Christians.
I'll tell you right now that I've made a few life decisions just in the past months alone and I've had Christian friends persecuting me for it, acting as if I'm strange or becoming a "holy roller".
All I'm doing is answering the call God has on my life, and in that, setting boundaries. It's going to be a long hard road and I know I'm not always going to understand why God wants me to do certain things, but I'm SO done just doing the things that I'm comfortable doing.
Because then I will never really be doing anything.
So I've got to become willing to give up anyone and everything. Because life is not about making friends and experiencing. Life is about giving glory to God.
And I'm not there yet, but I'd like to be in a place where I am able to hear clearly from God, and willing to follow His beck and call.

I don't have a lot figured out. But I've got faith.

Matthew 17:20 says, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

I think I can handle that. Today the message at church was about God's plans for your life & how to really live them out.
Michelle Butler said, "The good thing about God's plans is that they're people-proof." By that, she meant that no matter what they people around us may do or say to us, God can work around it and still work through us. Like Joseph in the Bible. He was sold into slavery by his own family and later imprisoned, but God's will still led Joseph to become ruler over Egypt.

So.. what's stopping you?