God is so good.

    So, as I stated in the title of this post, God is so good. He answers prayers! I don't know why that surprises me. Each day I struggle with being unhappy, being in pain, and being very insecure about my appearance (because of my allergic reactions [blistering, rashy skin] that I am constantly having). Because I am such a broken person, I am having to pray every day - multiple times a day - for God to fill me with the Holy Spirit so that I may have His joy, grace, love, patience, endurance, and strength. Today was a wonderful day. I was full of joy. That may be partially because today was an excellent day for my health and skin too. No severe allergic reactions at all, no blisters, and I was even able to snack on a bit of milk chocolate without being too bothered. So good!
    I have also been praying for the Holy Spirit to fill me so that I may be able to be full of His love for these campers. (In case you don't know, I am working at a wonderful camp called Camp Eagle this summer as a photographer). I want to love them like He does, or try to get close to that kind of love anyway. Tonight I was thinking about all of these campers who just arrived tonight and praying for them as I watched them while Debbie and Chris (directors of our camp) were talking to them and introducing them to this year's theme. All of the sudden my attention was drawn to one girl in front, and I thought of her as my daughter. It was the strangest thing. I loved her. I don't know her at all, but I knew that she was wonderful. She may have done terrible things in her life. She may be the brattiest teenager known to man, a girl who sleeps around, disrespects her authorities, but I love her. She is a beautiful creation who is wonderful in God's eyes, and she is free from regret. She is free from being labeled as someone who made certain mistakes, because Jesus has covered those mistakes with his blood through His sacrifice. And to think that God loves her even more than I do is amazing. Crazy, right? God loves us so much - even those of us who know nothing if decency or respect  or integrity. I pray that the Holy Spirit would work here at Camp Eagle in crazy ways. I know that if He can make me love a girl that I have never met or spoken to or know anything about, He can do work through these counselors who are with their campers 15 hours every day that will change the lives of these campers. Does that make sense? He can love these campers with a true love that is forgiving and patient; a love that maybe they have never known. I pray that the Holy Spirit would fill our counselors and staff here, so that all who are here at camp will see who God is, because will work through us and speak His truth through us.
I am so excited. 
Please be praying with me! This generation of young people needs so much prayer.