Well hello friends! I know that it has been a while and I wanted to write every week, but working at camp kept me very busy, and I am now back at college, so I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and write. But I am taking a minute to write something.
I learned a lot this summer at Camp K; God stretched me and grew me in so many ways. I am not the same person I was when I left for camp and I am thankful for that each and every single day! I feel a lot closer to the Lord and I am trusting in Him more than I ever have before! (:
The thing that has been on my mind lately is how I can sometimes feel like I am too sensitive. The last week I was working at camp my supervisor and friend said that I was sensitive. She didn't say this in a bad way, but I took it and made it personal when I shouldn't have, but I knew that it was a "me thing" that I needed to work through myself. When I came home from camp I read a few more chapters of "Becoming Myself" by Stasi Eldredge. She mentions in one of the latter chapters that God chooses our name and our parents do not. She encourages her readers to look into the name we have and see what God intended us to be from our name.
My first name means 'princess' and my middle name means 'butterfly.' What I took from that is that I am a daughter of the One True King; I am His princess. And butterflies are very fragile and sensitive creatures. When you look back at the life that I have lived it would only make sense for me to have a hardened and bitter heart, but I have a sensitive and tender heart and it is only by the grace of God that that is possible. God intended me to be His tenderhearted princess. (:
Like Stasi does in her book, I also encourage you to find out the true meaning of your given name. (:
Well friends, I gotta run here soon! Take care!
