The right stuff?

James 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."

This verse comes as a check up for me. While I might not do the bad stuff, and I might even do the "good stuff" in life, am I doing the *right* stuff?

Hm.... I am going to study this verse out some more... I'll let you all know what I find.

Hm......

Camp counseling, and randomness... =)

So, I am going to try and post more over the summer...

My present state is: relaxed. =)

So, how have all my blog friends been? I must apologize for being so out of touch..

Last week I had the opportunity to counsel at camp. Being responsible for 9 boys from the ages of 8-12 for a week is a very exciting, and nerve wracking experience! Nerve racking because you begin to have that parent instinct come out:

"Now don't do that! You might hurt yourself!"

or

"Hey... where is Micah... guys... where is Micah?
*higher, slightly frighten voice*
"GUYS? WHERE IS MICAH!"
*a small tug at your leg*
"oh... hehe... uhm.. there you are! I wasn't *really* worried about where you ran off to... let's go though!"

All joking aside, you really grow close to these young guys but most importantly, to Christ. Friday is always a sad day when you have to say goodbye. The purpose of going to camp as a counselor is to point these young people towards Christ, but very often, they point you to Him. Relying on His strength when you have run out, and feel you just can't run one more time up the *big* hill, or answer one more difficult question, and then feeling His strength come to the rescue and keep you going, even though humanly you can't, is a wonderful thing. Or as they say at camp, "a God-thing". Building patience, trust, and Christ-like love for these young people is what God showed me. I wouldn't trade the very tiring, ( yes.. it was tiring ) but incredible chance to be an influence for these guys, who for some of them, don't have any Light of the truth being shown at home. I did have a sad encounter with one young man who understood the Gospel, but refused to accept it for himself. I can't, and would not force anyone to believe the Gospel but to see someone completely understand, and then directly refuse God's gift was tough.. I think that night, after our talk, was the first night I have ever felt such "anguish" inside... Please pray for him, I am going to leave him unnamed for now. Thanks!


Well, tis time for bed. =)
Cheerio!

Family Pics

While getting senior pics done we also had a family shoot! I think I almost like them better than my senior pics.. : )

Senior Pics

About two weeks ago I got my senior pics done. Here are some of my fav's. Let me know what you all think! Which are your favorites? I think you can click to go full screen...

School costs

Costs to commute: $960. Cost to live on campus: $4,640. Is the experience of living on campus worth: $3,680, a year? : ) I think I'll try and get that experience from home. = ) So, $3,840 for 4 years as a commuter, or $18,560 to live on campus. You make the decision. : )

What is Love?

DON'T SKIP THIS POST. =P I know we all have read this but I am amazed at how much a re-read reveals. :) I am amazed how much I need to grow. It is a humbling read when you think you are doing well. =P

Love: The Superior Way

"1 If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient; love is kind. Love does not envy; is not boastful; is not conceited; 5 does not act improperly; is not selfish; is not provoked; does not keep a record of wrongs; 6 finds no joy in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for languages, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things. 12 For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.13 Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13

It's snowing!

Yeah! I love this time of year. Jon and I hiked out there and decided to make a snowman. =) after a couple failed attempts and a lot of kicking down the broken pieces, here is our masterpiece. =P