Last week was the YWAM Haiti dance camp. It was 10 full days of dancing, laughter, singing, joy, peace and worshipping our great God! I haven't been a part of a dance camp before so I really didn't know what to expect. I got the privilege of being the leader of the amazing group 'la limye' (the light). We did bible studies and class time together and I will never forget those 5 incredible children of God who were in my group.
I feel like it was an awakening for me. God showed me His greatness through 29 kids who came to dance and left filled with the Holy Spirit and the knowledge that they are princes and princesses.
I have dream of people seeing their true value in Christ. I believe that when people know who they are in God and that He has created them for greatness there won't be anything they can't do. People who walk in the things Jesus has called them to are world changers. These kids learned who they are. God spoke and they listened. He told them they are teachers and pastors and people of faith. Through the original design teaching they came to know that they are special, each being called with a purpose and value. It was incredible.
I got a deeper understanding that 'I can do nothing without Jesus and everything with Him'.
The joy, laughter and beauty that filled our base for those ten days wasn't because of me, or the leaders or anyone else. It was God. It was the Holy Spirit flowing through each one of us. That kind of hope and joy does not come without God, it just doesn't. You can find happiness for a moment and when things are going good in the world- but it never lasts. The kind of joy we experienced was the kind that lasts forever. I was sometimes tired, frustrated, or just wanted to take a nap, but there was always this joy.
I can't explain it. It was beautiful. And it never went away.
I serve a great God. He makes the impossible happen. He gives me a hope that stands for eternity. There is no real life, no real freedom without Him.
If you don't know Him, you should get to know Him. He wants you to know you are important, special and of incredible value.
Before, my life was just okay.
Now, my life is beautiful. I'm free and loved. And that, is because of Jesus.
Wooohooo!