God Is good...

...All the time! All the time, God is good!

All of July, I've been at Camp Re-NEW-All, working as assistant, music, and liturgy director.  There are very few people who actually do all five sessions;

• Mandy, our camp director. I've known since before camp, she's gone from being an adult I look up to to a friend and role model.
• Jose, a lay Franciscan who has spent 28 years working at this church camp
• Bobbi, the head cook. She is my favorite person to talk, one of the most entertaining women I know.
• Colby, a seminarian for our diocese. His first year at camp was last summer, and he loved it so much he decided to come back for the entire summer this year. 

Colby loved one of Jose's phrases from last summer; Jose would call out "God is good" and the campers would respond, "All the time", then Jose would say "All the time", and the campers would reply "God is good!", believe me, Colby has yelled that so much over the last four weeks that it has really stuck with me. Thank you Colby.

I love that phrase.  It relates perfectly to the biggest message I tried this last week at camp; to praise God through everything.  When times are the hardest, when you can barely stand to roll out of bed in the morning, that's when you should be on your knees thanking God for this amazing next opportunity to be incredible.  If things were always good, if they were always easy, we wouldn't need God.  It's when times are the hardest that we have to try and find the good things in life and praise God for them, because without Him there would be nothing, and believe, God is truly good all the time, even when you think He isn't.

So, this week whenever you get a speeding ticket, or have a nasty fight with your parents, remember, even now, God is being good, you just have to take the time to see how.

Send me some prayers this, it's my last week of camp and trust me, I'll need them! And of course, you'll be in mine!

Totus tuus,

LeAnn