Friday, December 8, 2006 . 7:16 AM
Encounter Camp
“Drawing near to God” – yap, that’s what everyone is aiming for. To me, drawing near to God seems not an easy thing. This relationship with a God we can’t see, hear, or touch – how does it really work? How can I know God?
“How do I relate to a God who is invisible when I’m never quite sure he’s there?”
– Philip Yancery
These are the questions that have always been pondering me since the first day I step into FCBC. Faith is the keyword that my spiritual family has been telling me – to live in faith with God. They share with me their testimonies on how they experience God and they said that you will see God face to face when you go for the encounter camp. And yes, finally my encounter camp is here and I’m all ready to experience this “Seeing God Face to Face experience” from this camp as well as to find out more about God.
Alvin told me that I was lucky to go for this encounter camp even only after my short two month from receiving Christ. If I miss this encounter camp, I will have to wait for the next year. What is the feeling before I go to this Encounter Camp? Yah... I bring along a curious, exciting as well as a fear of disappointment heart to this camp.
Fear of Disappointment? What is there to fear about? I fear that I will not be able to relate to God and will not even be able to fill my thirst for God and the faith in God.
My guide for this Encounter is Joy who is indeed a wonderful and friendly guide. It was held at the Girl Brigade Quarter from the 1st Dec to 3rd Dec. And this encounter has allow God to reveal to me more of the negative side of myself – self reflection.
What do I means by self-reflection?
Throughout the 3 days at the encounter camp, the most unforgettable session to me is the session on the “Father’s Love”. It was the only session that allows me to experience the presence of God drawing so near to me. Our pastor for that session is Pastor Debra. I could still remember that it was the period whereby she asks our guide to give us a fatherly hug that I experience the presence of the God. At first, I felt nothing when Joy gave me the hug. To me, I only felt that yah this is the way a Father would hug his children. But as she continues to pray for me during the “hugging” session, I suddenly feel that the person who was hugging me is my lord father. Every single word that she say to me strongly impact in my heart that it was the lord father who is speaking to me. I could still remembered clearly that the lord father told me to be patience but I was not quite sure why? Anyway, I felt so strongly touch by the lord father that my tears just automatically flow down my face. (Sorry Joy for wetting your Jacket… hee).
However, it was normally after the session whereby we were having our rest that a lot of self-reflections fall upon me. Especially during the night whereby we need to confess our sin on the sin list to be pinned on the cross the following night. The word on the sin list, “Jealousy” and “Impatience” just seem to be waving to me to tick them and of cause I ticked them.
In fact, I feel that I learned more after this encounter camp when I’m having my quiet time with God. Yawn…. I’m feeling so tire now… think I will continue on my next blog what are the self-reflections for me that God has teach me…(*_*)
“Drawing near to God” – yap, that’s what everyone is aiming for. To me, drawing near to God seems not an easy thing. This relationship with a God we can’t see, hear, or touch – how does it really work? How can I know God?
“How do I relate to a God who is invisible when I’m never quite sure he’s there?”
– Philip Yancery
These are the questions that have always been pondering me since the first day I step into FCBC. Faith is the keyword that my spiritual family has been telling me – to live in faith with God. They share with me their testimonies on how they experience God and they said that you will see God face to face when you go for the encounter camp. And yes, finally my encounter camp is here and I’m all ready to experience this “Seeing God Face to Face experience” from this camp as well as to find out more about God.
Alvin told me that I was lucky to go for this encounter camp even only after my short two month from receiving Christ. If I miss this encounter camp, I will have to wait for the next year. What is the feeling before I go to this Encounter Camp? Yah... I bring along a curious, exciting as well as a fear of disappointment heart to this camp.
Fear of Disappointment? What is there to fear about? I fear that I will not be able to relate to God and will not even be able to fill my thirst for God and the faith in God.
My guide for this Encounter is Joy who is indeed a wonderful and friendly guide. It was held at the Girl Brigade Quarter from the 1st Dec to 3rd Dec. And this encounter has allow God to reveal to me more of the negative side of myself – self reflection.
What do I means by self-reflection?
Throughout the 3 days at the encounter camp, the most unforgettable session to me is the session on the “Father’s Love”. It was the only session that allows me to experience the presence of God drawing so near to me. Our pastor for that session is Pastor Debra. I could still remember that it was the period whereby she asks our guide to give us a fatherly hug that I experience the presence of the God. At first, I felt nothing when Joy gave me the hug. To me, I only felt that yah this is the way a Father would hug his children. But as she continues to pray for me during the “hugging” session, I suddenly feel that the person who was hugging me is my lord father. Every single word that she say to me strongly impact in my heart that it was the lord father who is speaking to me. I could still remembered clearly that the lord father told me to be patience but I was not quite sure why? Anyway, I felt so strongly touch by the lord father that my tears just automatically flow down my face. (Sorry Joy for wetting your Jacket… hee).
However, it was normally after the session whereby we were having our rest that a lot of self-reflections fall upon me. Especially during the night whereby we need to confess our sin on the sin list to be pinned on the cross the following night. The word on the sin list, “Jealousy” and “Impatience” just seem to be waving to me to tick them and of cause I ticked them.
In fact, I feel that I learned more after this encounter camp when I’m having my quiet time with God. Yawn…. I’m feeling so tire now… think I will continue on my next blog what are the self-reflections for me that God has teach me…(*_*)