Don't Let The Sun Go Down!

In Ephesians 4:17 we are called to live as Children of the light. Each summer it seems that over the course of any given week, we have a mind blowing range of emotions and personalities. As summer staff, it then becomes our challenge and privilage to be the gentle guides of these dynamics to create something pure and exceptional. As the verse states, don't let the sun go down while there is still anger in your heart, don't let the devil get a foothold. During the summer camp weeks, we have the awesome charge to ensure that for at least a time this is the reality in the lives of the Children who grace our cabins and woods. More important than the schedules, the activities and all the fun and games we engage in, Camp Cherokee is first and formost about providing our campers with the opportunties to truly live in joyous community with each other in an intentional setting of love, forgiveness, openness and understanding. How else are we to expect the next generation of community and faith leaders to understand what the chapter in Ephesians is focusing on? How else are they to know that what is truly important is not the Nintendo Wi, the high end luxury car, the designer clothes....but the love in their heart for Jesus Christ, who reminded us that the most important thing of all is to love one another as we love ourselves? Camp Cherokee's primary focus is just that, helping children grow and love themselves through actively loving each other.And at the end of the day if two are angry with each other, we have found it is amazing what a chat and a prayer, hug and a gooey 'smore will do to mend those relationships! It's all about being intentional in our relationships.