Monday, June 11, 2007

Want to seek understanding from my non-Christian friends who are reading my blog. This few day's entry have been about my Christian life and less of what is happening. But this blog again is about some christian thing.

Read a random blog that is of a Christian. It made me to ponder about something.

What does a Church Camp means to you? It is about having fun? Being in a cool place? Able to go somewhere with your friends and play?

That Friday when I was in Church, Pastor mention about this year's church camp and I saw the happiness in the youth's faces. The weird thing is that I see fun and play in their eyes. That they are asking those around if they are going and planning to have fun already. I am not against having fun. I personally hope to go there and have fun.

But when I was reading this guy's blog, the feeling is different. It seems that the youth in his Church is less interested to know where the camp will be at(or maybe they know it already), but they are more interested in God's words. It is like they are starving for a long time and they see food. It is completely different for them when a Church camp is mentioned. They are so excited on what spiritual food they will receive and is preparing their heart for it.

I may be wrong but I feel that the attitude is different. To me, a Church camp is meant to have fun and chill out. To go there and make friends and bond with the Christians in Church. But after reading this blog, I feel that my thinking have to change. It is more on receiving God's words than our self pleasure. The place doesn't matter but is the words that matter the most.

But all this said, I am not sure if I am going for this year's Church camp. Not sure if I have the time. Not sure if I am still around. Not sure if I have the financial freedom. Not sure if I can find some friends to go with me. Not sure if I can win some new souls and bring them there.

I hope to go with Mr A, my best friend in church. But I don't think he can make it. His time will never allow and his in-charge will never allow. So I hope that 家杰 will want to go with me if he can make it. But before that, whether our friendship will heal in time for it is a question in itself.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
Psalm 42:1 (NIV)