It's Old Fashioned Campmeeting Time!

The 40th annual campmeeting is underway at Faith Baptist Camp in Resaca, GA. We started off Saturday night with 2 Spirit-filled messages. Bro. Roger Henson preached on Stephen out of Acts 7. Stephen was looked out for his faith and it affected his conduct(v.3), looked on for his faith and it affected his countenance(vs. 10,15), he looked up for his faith and it affected his crossing(vs. 54-56). Such a good message on Stephen's life. Bro. Ricky Gravely preached from Psalms on turning problems into praise. On Sunday Bro. Henson preached again in the morning. On Sunday night our services moved over to the campground and Bro. Ricky Gravely preached on David out of Psalms 63. David was longing for God and was hungry for God. David was in a dry and thirsty place yet he was still looking for something from God. We had several messages in the day on Monday and then we were convicted and blessed by a message from Dr. David Gibbs (attorney and preacher from the Christian Law Association) on being a "Second Mile Christian". It was one of those messages that you wanted to hear but you didn't want to hear. His points were: Be a second mile Christian in the home, in the workplace, in our relationships, and with our enemies. We as Christians are forbidden to get even. The hope of America is second mile Christians. A wonderful and thought provoking sermon. May it make it from our heads to our hearts and manifest itself in our lives. I have much to work on in these areas of my life. Today we have had messages in the morning and afternoon services. I am down in the dining hall making the tea for our visitors so usually only make it to night services. We set 42 tables at our noon meal today. Each table seats twelve, I believe. That's a lot of sweet tea, believe me! We served meat loaf , beans, corn, mashed potatoes, and corn bread. In the night service Bro. Ronnie Simpson from North Carolina preached another encouraging message on "When you're climbing up the rough side of the mountain, God's coming up the other side to meet you at the top." I've been going through a lot for about 5 years now. Bro. Simpson said , "Many of you sitting here tonight thought this time last year that you could never make it . Yet here you sit and you did make it." I could only weep and thank God for what He has brought me through in the last year and how His grace is sufficient! More on campmeeting later later in the week. God is so good and He will always do right! Hallelujah! And as my momma used to say, "There'll be a pay day someday."