Upcoming Flock

Let's see...not really a big day, but I just love being with my family! This afternoon Matthew and I went on a bike ride, which was very fun and it was great to get some exercise as well. There's been a lot on my mind lately. I am super excited about camp and all of that, and I am really just ready to jump into it and to see what God is preparing for me and for the campers. But at the same time God is also calling me to be diligent and to see what He is preparing for me TODAY and RIGHT NOW! Our spiritual journeys towards Christ and in Christ are ever-evloving...there is no standstill...like an eagle...it's either escalating or descending. That's like our walk with Christ...there's no "neutral." Hmm one thing God put on my plate last night:

Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:2-3

God has given me a big responsibility. Teacher, caregiver, friend, prayer warrior, and so many other things am not even aware of now...and may not be even at Camp. To be a teacher is to bring harsher judgment on yourself...to be held to a very high standard. I understand that, but I don't know if I'm ready. Regardless, God has called me to this and I feel like whether I am ready physically or mentally, that God will provide me with everything...the knowledge, the concentration, the words...everything!...so that I can say and do what He wants so that He can work through me. I am also reminded that by no means does He need me to work for Him...He is God after all...omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent...and He definitely doesn't need my contribution. But I am honored that He has called me to this and that He will use it for His glory despite the fact that He has no need to. Actually, I am thrilled. I want to serve Him to the best of my ability! And I know that He is the one who makes things grow...

So I am going to be "in charge" of different flocks this summer. God's children. His precious ones. How exciting! But also how intimidating this can be. Even so, I know that the Lord will not give me more than I can handle with Him and that He is going to grow me so much through the 2 months at Camp and that also He is going to teach me so much through being a teacher, if that makes sense.

Lord, thank you for giving me a willing and eager spirit. Please renew these things in my heart daily as I seek to serve you as you have called me to a specific job for you in the coming months. May my example honor you and be to your glory only! May you allow me to serve you with an upright heart and with a love for you beyond the love I have for anything or anybody here on earth. Give me a love and a burden for these girls beyond anything I've ever known. Make me, break me, fill me, satisfy me...I give my life to the Potter's hands!

'Cause sheep is what we are, we think they're the best by far...!
--Amanda