Summer........?

Elaine and I was talking about a month ago about how we didn't know what we were going to do this summer and how we needed to find jobs and make some money. I began looking for another job at the hospital and Elaine decided to babysit two days a week and work at camp three days a week. As many of you know neither of us can just sit around and do nothing, if we don't have a full plate then we don't want a plate at all. So the agenda began and with each passing day it began getting longer and longer.

I have a severe problem that often times cause the plate to overflow, I don't know how to say NO. I enjoy helping other people, in the church, and the community and I sometimes tend to over commit which causes my stress level to escalate off of the scale. 

Now I'm going through the interview process to get a job in the ER at Floyd Memorial, Co-directing a summer camp at the community club, Co-directing a middle school youth camping trip, getting music together for Faith in Action, trying to help with our church VBS, leading counseling Special Persons Camp , and trying to get things together for vacation. 

I often times tell people that being in a long distance relationship is very difficult but it is even more difficult when the two of us have so much to do that we can't keep each other grounded. Elaine is my realistic side, the side that keeps me for doing crazy things without thinking and the side that keeps me from over committing too much. There are some nights that we spend hours on the phone talking about all of the stuff we have to do and planning how were going to get it all done. Most of the time the conversation ends with one of us about ready to cry for the other person. 

While long distance is difficult through the summer I am very proud of what Elaine is doing. Each week she goes off to Indian Creek Camp and shares her faith to so many youth. Listening to her talk about the experiences and the witnesses that she gives and listens to makes me the feel like the proudest boyfriend in the entire world. GOD is the center of both of our lives and when were both happiest when were ministering to others and doing Gods will. 

So this week Elaine is at camp for not just three days but for 12!!!! days. Thank God we can stay connected by phone until Sunday but on Sunday she begins counseling and the phone goes off and in her bag. I don't even want to thank about that right now. All I can say is I am very grateful to have awesome friends that are willing to dive in and help where ever it is needed.

Personally when I get really busy, even doing things for the church, I often find that I put God on the back burner and don't take time to stop and thank him for the work he is doing in my life. GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME!!!

1 John 4:9-12By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.