Bird River Bible Blog

Hey all! I hope you’re enjoying the new school year and the beautiful autumn days! I’ve been awaiting our school year to start here at camp. In only 4 days, we will have 6 students joining us for a 30 week adventure in our new Eikona discipleship program. I’m so excited! The summer here ended really well. We had an amazing time during Family Camp and it was such a good way to end the summer. I ended up getting super sick right after camp ended. I was in bed with the worst cold! It was one of my worst annual end-of-a-busy-summer colds. A number of people have told me that I get so sick every year because my body is able to “let its guard down” after having such a tiring summer. This makes sense.

Often, I think our spiritual life can get like that too. You know, you come to camp for a week (or a couple months if you’re staff) and you get super into going to chapel and praying and reading your Bible. You’re running so hard in this great spiritual race, that when you leave camp, and aren’t going to chapel every day, and praying every day, you find yourself under attack! You let your guard down and suddenly you’re discouraged and you get spiritually sick for a while. Paul warns against that in the Bible.

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. ~1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Life as a Christian isn’t always easy! As a Christian you need to be on your guard because if you slack off in your relationship with Christ, you’re leaving yourself open to getting spiritually sick! Do you see yourself getting sick right now? If you need encouragement in this area, surround yourself with other believers! Find a church and a youth group or kids club to go to! Do you need help finding one? Feel free to e-mail me, or leave a comment, and I definitely want to help you find something!