A Fragrance of God

This past week I went to Sharp Top Cove, a younglife camp, in Georgia. I wasn't a camper though. I was there to serve as work crew. The people we were serving were people who are on YoungLife staff, meaning their job is younglife. But this week they were there to take a class where they will begin to earn a master's degree. It's kind of crazy, but I think it's awesome that people are willing to spend their lives working for YoungLife and reaching how to high school kids who don't know Jesus. This week was full of lot of hard, sometimes gross work, but I knew going in that when the times got tough that I had to tell myself I wasn't there to serve actually serve those people, I was there to serve Jesus. I was doing it for him. And when you tell yourself that, it makes the work that much better. I would find myself smiling sometimes while carrying dishes full of everyones leftover foods or wiping down all the tables. It was such a reassuring week for me, especially since school is about to start back in two days. Our work crew boss, Lindsay, reminded us that we were there to be a Fragrance of God. How much better could you say it? When you walk by someone that smells good you usually say hey, you smell good and you wonder what they're wearing, right? Well when you walk by someone who gives off a fragrance of God you can just tell. They smell of compassion and truth. They are Christ-like, and you want to be that way too. So all throughout that week that was my motto. Be a fragrance of God.

I learned so much more throughout the week as well. It was so awesome to be with 21 other girls that I barely knew and hear their stories and their struggles. It's so comforting knowing that it IS possible to find Christian women that I can surround myself with. I'm so glad I met those girls and I've very thankful for them.

Hopefully I can get some pictures from the other girls and I'll post some later!