God really spoke to me at camp about him being the one to completely fill me up. God desires for me to be satisfied with Him independent of my current life situation. That is a lesson that I have desperately needed to learn for the past year. I feel like it all came together when we were singing the "apple of your eye" song. We sang the words..." And I will see you, in your beauty, and I will see you as you are, I will see you in your glory, and I, I will be satisfied." And then, we sang, "Will you hold me?" And for me, worship is a very visual experience. I picture God and his expressions and myself dancing before him when I worship. And when we sang Will you hold me, God kept giving me the image of an enormous, beautiful throne, with my abba sitting in it. And I was lifting my arms us and just saying, will you hold me? And He was saying, Yes, I will. It all just clicked, you know? He IS ALL I need. He is the only one that will satisfy me.

 

I wanted to share with you something I had written during the time you had told us to listen and write what God was speaking to us. It directly relates to the image of the throne that I just wrote about.

 

"Yes, my sweet child, I will hold you. I will reach down and pick you up and put you in my lap. I will cuddle you and sing to you and be with you so that you know that I love you more than anything else. Know, Megan, that it is only me who can satisfy you. I will always be here to hold you. I am your one and only, your creator, your daddy, and I love you with everything I am. Be satisfied in that."

Ahhhhhhh...... - Megan

Hey Brad, Whats up? First off let me start off by saying Thank you for coming and speaking to us at camp. I truely enjoyed the messages you brought and it really made me to see what God is with me and what He has done for me. I loved how blunt you were and just made us laugh and have a good time. Before this week, I was struggling with alot of things. People here in my town were and probably still are slandering my name and just like killing me, just cause I was a christian. I didnt know how to handle it at all. I was scared. I wanted to fight. I was in pain and hurt. I also was dealing with my dad. We dont have a relationship. It sucks so bad. I wished he could just see and understand me for me and accept me for being a christian. But once you spoke and just delivered the messages that God wanted you to speak, they just hit me. I realized how pwerful God was and still is. How much he loves me. I learned that I am sealed, and that God has given me the key to unlock not only myself, but alot of other people. This week, I totally worshipped to the best of my ability. Whether it was dancing or singing. Crying or raiseing of hands. I gave it all I got. But I know it dont stop there. I got to bring it and use it also at home. That will be a challenge, but its a challenge I gladly except. Again thanks for a great time. You were awesome. Just to let you know, in a month I leave to go to Dallas to study youth ministery. Its my calling. I cant wait. Please keep that in prayers. I know God is about to do more wonderful things, and I as a servant am about to do alot of growing. How awesome is that!!!!! Well I will let you got. Just thought I would write. Bless God. - Tony

Thank you so much for speaking at camp. It was my first year at camp and I was hoping to get so much out of it. I didn't really realize how much camp affected me until I got back home with my unsaved friends and my hard to get along with siblings. Camp really changed me and now as I am writing this I feel so much better about myself because God has worked in my life and done great things. I find my actions really reflecting God's light into the world. You gave me the confidence to share God's word with my friends. You are an amazing person and I feel so blessed that I got to hear you speak. Thanks again. - Chloe