Great weekend. It was 4 days of enjoying the sun and communing with fellow Christians. The park was awesome and the weather perfect. The boys had a great time and we never once heard them say they were bored (at least not until the ride home). Now we just need to prep the camper for winter storage and clean up. We started yesterday, but it will probably take a few days to get it fully unpacked and cleaned. We did manage to give the boys hair cuts as well as baths. All in all, we are all feeling great after a wonderful weekend.
I have to say that the biggest thing I got out of this trip was the testimonies and the evidences of God's work. I had many discussions with my fellow campers and they were always productive. One of the topics we touched on was how God makes it easy to believe what we want. After all, he did say, "Seek and ye shall find." Although many Christians take this to mean seek God and you will find him, we came to the consensus (I am pretty sure it is accurate as well) that this meant that what ever you seek you will find. I had some help in this from reading Lee Strobel's "A Case for Faith." God has given us every evidence we need to prove his existence, if we seek that proof. He has also given us enough evidence to disprove himself to a certain degree if we choose that direction. What I find even more interesting though, is that if you keep digging into proof that God doesn't exist, you eventually reach the point where you have disproved your proof and have to start again. Most people that I have ran into stop when they have enough proof to satisfy themselves and stop looking. As a Christian, I keep finding more and more proof of God's existence and have yet to find that point where my proof is disproved.
We also found that those that decide to prove that God doesn't exist have their reasons for doing so. These range from not wanting to admit they are sinners to the understanding that if they admit God exists that they have to give up the life and beliefs they currently hold. To quote Pastor Barry, "A faith that requires little to nothing is a little to nothing faith." I was among the sinners who didn't want to give up what he had. The problem was I believed in God, I just chose to ignore what I needed to do to have that closer walk with him. Once I gave that up, I found that I had less stress, I had a closer relationship to my wife and kids, and I was happier overall. I am not saying it is easy. Quite the opposite, in fact. Turns out, the sin nature is quite the strong and determined little beast. I have to be ever diligent to keep from cussing or getting involved in looking at things I shouldn't. I have to fight the fight daily to keep from doing the things I used to do. I don't always win, but it is easier now to admit them to God and be brought back. It is just the way it is.
Thank you for letting me ramble today and giving me some of your time. Have a wonderful day and keep your chin up. Every bad day ends and a good day is sure to come (we can hope anyway.)
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