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This past week I had the privilege of attending Falls Ceek Christian Youth Camp in Oklahoma. It was a week long camp centered around learning more about Yahweh. I went as a cook/all around helper. I went with a church we have just started attending, so I knew very few of the teens that came. All the teens are public schooled, and they have a very apathetic attitude towards Yahweh and the Bible. It saddened me deeply, but Yahweh lead me past that and to their hearts. Growing up in a conservative household lead me to be judgmental towards others who did not believe as us. I had a lot of pride in my heart, so sure I was doing it the 'right way'. I met others who were judgmntal towards me and my family because we did not/do not cover, or because my shirts were not what they deemed modest. We met many snooty hurtful people. NOT a picture of Christ, as they should be. all along, I was the same way. I never spoke to a public schooled child, never showed an interest in others outside my close knitted community. Sound familiar? One day I said something prideful and judgmental in the presence of my mother. She grasped my arm and sat me down hard. She sat across from me and reminded me I was no better then anyone else. Yahweh loves everone the same, and all my 'righteous' acts were filthy in Yahweh's eyes. I was made pure THROUGH Him, not by my own works. She also reminded me of the circumstances of my birth. I was born out of wedlock to my mother, 16 at the time. I was not wanted when the pregnancy was found out, but my mother kept me. She was the only one who loved me. She reminded me how she nearly married a man who was not a Christian ,until she met the man who adopted me and became my daddy. She reminded me of how my life could be exactly like the ones I judged. My view on life changed. I asked Yahweh to give me His love for people. To teach me to see those as He does. I shed my pride and stepped forward in Yahweh's love. During camp I was given the opportunity to see these teen's hearts. Some are verbally abused at home, others struggling with parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Others have family that are in jail, or father's who are absent. What they need is love, not a judgmental attitude or a snooty look. Being a shoulder to cry on doesn't mean that I agree with their ungodly behavior or let it slide. It does mean I let Yahweh guide me into the correct time to approach them on it. It means I choose to focus on what really matters, their heart. Not their clothes or the way they talk. That comes later. Yahweh always works inside out, and He promises that He will finish the work He begins. As a young girl cried on my shoulder this past week, torn between living with her mother or father, I knew that Yahweh has called me to live a life of love. He wants me to walk as Him. To surround myself with the 'unlovable'. He requires this of you too. So is there someone YOU know that you think when you see "Oh thank you Lord I don't live in HER family!" or " She is SO immodest! "  That girl could of been me. Would you come up to me and share Christ with me? Or would you, comfy in your 'perfect life' ignore me?

-- A quote I love... If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~Amy Carmichael Check out my blog! http://chocolatgateau.blogspot.com/