my hands are holding you

so I went to camp this weekend

I didn't originally plan to go

I really wanted to spend some time with friends in Auburn

but the Lord had other plans for me

and I thought it would be best for me to go and help Sharon out since Mark had been in the hospital

Saturday was great 

I basically hung out and played with the kids, Mark, Sharon, and Mark's momma all day

Sunday we got up and went to church

Mark basically preached the sermon...

and although I have personally realized that  I have not put Christ as my priority recently

Mark really put everything into perspective  

and so I am going to now try to put everything I have into my relationship with Christ

it is SO easy to get priorities mixed up.

putting school, friends, social groups, ministries, relationships, and everything else before Him.

so I have realized that my relationship with Christ has strayed

and He will now be my priority

He is the most important thing and without Him I would have nothing.

here comes one of my God stories...

in all His ironic-ness

He always does these things in my life and it just proves His real-ness

I am of course ready for the semester to be over and camp to be here

last year our Comanche song was By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North

(that's where the title of this post comes from)

well last night at YoungLife Leadership we sang it

and we talked about putting Christ as our first priority in our ministry

however, Christ is always by our side

even when we don't put Him first

how crazy is that...

are you always by your friends side when they don't put you first?

well I know that sure is a hard thing for me to do.

but everything is pointing me back to Him

it's so great to have such loving people in my life.

so here's to a week with Christ as my first priority

peace and blessings

"1O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. 12 that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever." -Psalm 30

"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not  conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy." - 1 Peter 1:13-16