Yesterday I wrote a review of the Young Adult Weekend at Camp Lowman that I attended with a few friends. It was definitely a good time of fellowship — I got closer to each one of my Lakeside friends. At a time where I thought this was going to be nearly impossible because of me moving away soon, God still brought us all closer together. He knows what He is doing. He blessed each one of us — Kevin, Jon, Melissa, Tyler, Wes, Jessie and me — in a very mighty way that each one of us were able to take home and build on.

For me, it was a more focused and dedicated Christian walk, just as the title alludes to. The days and weeks leading up to the retreat was a time when the Lord was calling me to read the Word more, spend more time in prayer with Him, and live a better Christian life in general.

My life has benefited greatly from the extra time I spend reading the Bible and studying it in and out, and the added time in prayer. It’s getting to a point now where a lot of times when I am by myself in the car or at work or something, I’ll talk out loud to God like he’s right there. It sounds crazy but it’s really true and I wish everyone could get to a place in their faith where God’s so close that it seems he is spending every minute with you (because He really is, it just depends on how close we want to get to Him).

I don’t know if it was the environment, the people, the worship, or the Word — maybe it was a combination of everything — that allowed me to hear from God in such a way that spoke clearly to my spirit and confirmed things to me such as my calling into youth and media ministries (whoever said God called us to just one position in the church???). I received some massive encouragement from friends I now hold more dear than ever, and I’ve been used to provide encouragement to them as well.

As time continues to rush on and I get closer to leaving Lakeside Church and starting fresh (albeit in the church I grew up in, in Vancouver, WA) at New Horizons Church in Washougal, Washington and hopefully getting involved in their ministries, I pray the next month here is one where I am blessed the most by my brothers and sisters, and I can provide the biggest blessing that I possibly can to them.