Book update

Well you will be proud to know that I am still reading the book "Scouting the Divine" and still liking it... I have finished the part about Shepherding and Farming. I have now moved on to the part about Beekeeping. In my reading this week, it explains all the "roles" that the bees play in the hives.. first off I learned that there are anywhere between 50-75 THOUSAND bees in each hive. But each bee has a certain duty in the hive that keeps it going. Anywhere from the guard bees protecting the hive to the "fanning" bees that fly around fanning the queen and honey to keep the hive at a good temperature. The tie in to our Christian Lives and even lives in general.. The book goes into how we each serve a specific purpose and have received certain traits or spiritual gifts to serve our part of the Body of Christ. I find that my purpose in life is people and service to those people. When it comes to camp for example and where I am in life right now, I feel that my spiritual strength is leadership and being with people and the programming side of camp. I love to do the manual labor and the fixing of things and administrative part of camp, but I recognize I am not the absolute best at that stuff. I have found my strength is fixing the programming things, hiring and interacting with the staff. As it states in 1 Corinthians 12, we are all a part of the body of Christ, do your part for the betterment of the Body as a whole. I find myself at times envying someone else's "role" and trying to do it and failing. We need to pray that God reveals our gifts and roles to help further His Kingdom. Right now in life, I know mine and strive and pray that I will be able to help in this small part of His ministry as a bee does in a hive.. and btw.. how cool is it that our lives are able to be compared to that of what goes on in a beehive.. Our God is awesome.. and really good at what he does..


** I have a special prayer request today, for whomever reads this.. One of my closest friends in life and a Godly woman who helped get me through college and to be the person I am today, Lauren Phillips, received some pretty tragic news today of her father passing away in a helicopter crash. He was piloting the copter back to the Memphis area after dropping off a patient and I dont know all the details, but crashed and perished. Please pray for Lauren and her family, through this really hard time that I cannot begin to imagine, to continue to rely on God and his sovereignty in everything. Thanks.


Grace and Peace,
Seth