A Piece of Something Bigger...

Sometimes it's hard to see the big picture. It's so easy to get caught up in the little details of day to day ministry and not see the big picture of what God is doing in the lives of the people around us.

That was the wake up call I got this weekend. All I could do was sit there with tears streaming down my face as a friend of mine who grew up in the urban ministry of CEF told her story. I've heard most of it before having served alongside her at camp, but it was like I was hearing it for the first time again. All of her struggles, the things she has seen... and then the incredible impact of Camp Good News and her decision to follow Christ. It's been almost 10 years since that decision to put her trust in Jesus Christ and through those times she has had such little support from home... until this past week when her mom accepted Christ!

It was really neat because God had really put her on my heart last week and I ended up inviting her out with one of my LiTs to hangout for the evening. For one so young she has such a deep faith and trust in God. It's amazing to see and I am always thanking God for her life and how it just shines Christ in everything. And that shining showed her mom for ten years just how awesome God is to the point that she couldn't deny Him anymore.

This ministry is NOT babysitting kids and giving them a good time, with a little Bible teaching on the side. This IS leading kids to the throne of God and allowing them to make a decision to follow Him and then challenging them to make a difference in this world for God. A difference in their communities... a difference in their schools... and a difference in their homes. And that's exactly what happening!!! God's picture is so much bigger than ours... to Him be the glory!!!

"Something bigger, something greater...For the glory of Your splendor"

♥Ash


CYIA Prep Weekend 2010