peace everybody.
we've been canoeing on our local river, which is more of a really long lake cause it doesn't have any current, hah. it's been our tradition. we go for a camping & canoe trip every year for maybe around 10 years now.
choose a river plan a route and up, up here we go.
it's been a whole lot of fun, paddling, camping, bonfires, good talks and acapella music in the boats.
we talked about the sermon on the mount and forgiveness and trusting god.
we only had two peeps under eighteen, which was crazy, cause our ''youthgroup'' is more of a young adults group..which makes it harder cause everybody has opinions on everything and knows 'everything' but it makes it easier at the same time cause everybody also knows what needs to be done and we get to dive deep.
god has really blessed us wit the weather, although it was raining all thursday - which was the only full day - we've had warm weather and while building up the camp it was dry. and looking at it now with a weatherforecast that tells us there won't be any sun till next week - there is a lot of reason to thank God.
i was really challenged cause it was a lot to organize and a lot of decisions to make. we were pretty late planning everything. i kinda freaked out about the whole thing cause i couldn't do it.
but then i realized AGAIN that God CAN do it. in our weakness he is strong. he's been carrying me through so many storms and i've always learned stuff from it. he's a good one.
If you're reading this and feeling like everything is too much and you just want to break out, run away, hide and cry. read 2. corinthians 12:9 again where it says,:
~ BUT HE SAID TO ME,
>>MY GRACE IS MADE SUFFICIENT IN YOU,
FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.<<
THEREFORE I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY ABOUT MY WEAKNESS,
SO THAT CHRIST'S POWER MAY REST ON ME. ~
i am so grateful that this is the God i'm serving! he is the one that stays faithful to his word even if we doubt and lose faith. he gave abraham his promised son after abraham tried to do it all himself and made a baby with another lady. god is faithful.
trust, pray and persevere.
he keeps bringing me back to my knees, everytime i think i know what to do he shows me that he's the one with the plan and the ability. and i so love to be used by him. how great is it to be a part in his puzzle.
sorry (tom) for not taking any good pictures.. hope you get to enjoy those anyway :)
love you guys heaps!
