Another semester in the books

Oh Rockbridge,
a little slice of heaven!
Why is it like this?

Well part of it for me is my years of Young Life roots. I have been coming to YL camps since 1972! Practically every year. From Frontier to Silver Cliff to Saranac to Windy Gap and now Rockbridge! So many significant spitirual moments at each of those properties. Each ltime I am at a camp God meets me in an incredible way. Sometimes it is is in my personal reflection on a retreat of silence. Sometimes it is through a talk by a staff member (both YL and IV) who speaks a truth in an incredible way that cuts through to my heart. But it can be through a casual conversation on a porch, or the hot tub, or on the zipline tower. Conversations that open us up to vulnerability, that allowj God to move into the gaps in our times, the spaces in our lives.

It is also the abundance of nature, mountains, green fields, rustic old buildings, and a different view. A break from the norm that allows me just to take a step back and look at all that God has given me. And to listen... To listen to Him. To think about all those scenes that have gone ahead - in this past semester, past year, past 5 years all the way back as far as i can go.

Also, it is the clarity of relationships with Godly people that makes this place even more holy.. The quick reconciliation of brokenness. It is no longer about not talking to someone who has hurt me a month or 6 months from now. If someone has offended me today I will be reconciled with him or her tonight! Even those relationships with people that kind of bug me it is easy to rise to the occasion, serve together and let God do the work.

But in the context of the times apart from Rockbridge. Those times back "in the world". It is easy to let those annoying traits in others stay annoying. Brokenness stays broken and jealousy stays jealousy.

So coming to Rockbridge for these 2 weeks let's me be different enough that the time brings me one step closer to God.