As each camp session draws to a close, kids and families prepare to return to the normal rhythms of life at home. We often hear guests lament the need to return to the “real world.”
There is work to do, meals to prepare, busy schedules to keep, meetings and practices to attend, and so much more. We start to think our routine defines what is real.
Camp days are marked with outdoor fun, laughter (and sometimes tears) among friends, worship, and conversations about life and things that matter. If that’s not the real world, I don’t know what is!
Camp takes care of the details and logistics of life, so we can remember what really matters. The pressures of our daily to-do lists can distract us, but it doesn’t have to be that way. When we remember what really matters—whether at home or work or school or camp—then we are living in the real “real world.”
In Philippians 4:8-9, the Apostle Paul encourages his readers to set their mind on things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and worthy of praise. If people set their mind on these things, the God of peace will be with them. In the “real world” of camp, we try to help this happen for you. I pray the peace of God will be with you in the real world beyond camp too.
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