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Hello again! Philbot here. The summer is starting to wind down a little bit, just as the summer's heat seems to be winding up! While my titanium skin is searing to the touch, the campers seem to be staying cooooool. Drinking water is a good idea in this sweltering heat; everybody drink lots of water!
Riding on horseback is enjoyable all the time, especially when it's this humid and hot; the feeling of the wind blowing through your hair is not an unwelcome one! Every day, the girls from cabin 2 led by the fearless nature girl Danielle Stone head out to a neighboring camp to ride horses for two hours before lunch. Since I keep busy here at Camp with all my communications jobs, I personally have never been to this horse camp, but what I hear from the other girls is really positive feedback - they love horsin' around all this week! It is easy to see these girls really love their horses.
Additionally, yesterday it was awesome to see the Camp Phillip woodworkers hard at... wood work in the machinery building. Cabin 7 is being led by handyman Phil Sebald this week, and along with a few girls from neighboring cabins, Cabin 7 will be crafting all sorts of wooden wonders this week. Today's project was picture frames which were not only fairly easy to make, they look awesome! You'll have to check out and see what your little woodworkers bring home at the end of this week.
The passage for today comes from Psalm 139:1-4. This Psalm is incredibly comforting - and perhaps one of my personal favorites in the Bible:
O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
I always remember this Psalm as the "fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalm. Whenever people refer to things God has made as "fearfully and wonderfully" made, it is such a comfort to me. There are so many times in my life where I feel insignificant, unloved, or unworthy of attention. Uselessness is not a pleasant way to feel in the slightest. Yet, Jesus did not deem us as unworthy of attention even though we sin against Him every day. Jesus didn't stop loving us because we're sinners to the core. Quite the opposite! God loved us enough to send us Jesus, and Jesus loved us so much that He cheerfully was executed by mortals so that someday, we can go to heaven to be with Him eternally. He deems us significant. He is the one that makes us worthy of attention, for that worthiness certainly does not come from within ourselves. And instead of being permanently useless, Jesus' saving Gospel comes imbibed with the command to go and tell others about Him, making us useful messengers of His peace here on earth. He cared enough to craft us carefully and loves enough to protect eternally. He knows us each individually, loves us each individually, and died to save you, individually! Praise our LORD and Savior who created us better than any picture frame we could ever build, and who loves us more than a girl could ever love a horse.
Tomorrow: Baking and outdoor adventure specialty!
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