Merry Christmas from Camp Refuge!
Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us at Camp Refuge. Nicole and I are grateful for each of you and your support of our mission to see relationships reconciled, strengthened, and established! I want to share a “God story” with you – one of those where God broke through for me. I was at my keyboard yesterday drawing plans in the computer, when a thought seized me. It was fifteen minutes before I needed to go into a meeting that I was unsure about, and suddenly fear of the unknown gripped me. My heart raced. Adrenaline spread from my brain to my hands, making them shaky. I could not focus on the task at hand – a task that moments before came naturally. “WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?” That familiar, comforting, steady voice of the Lord broke through my hijacked brain. I stopped long enough to recognize it. “Anxiety,” I replied. He silently asked me if I had any reason to be anxious; He beckoned me to give the thought to Him. I did. “JUST BE WHO YOU ARE.” As I write the wo