whirlwind.

sometimes i really do feel like i never quite get my feet under me… not necessarily in a negative way, i just feel like i am constantly moving. back in the spring, i was in tallahassee for 3 weekends… one in february, one in march, and one in may (although the may one, jason was in NC- so it was just me & i undertook a major bathroom/laundry room renovation). all spring, we kept talking about how we couldnt wait for summer. ahh, mystical summer. the season in younglife when things “slow down” – aka- weekly meetings cease while leaders & kids are on vacation.

somehow, summer has come and gone in the blink of an eye.

we had an incredible month in colorado. what a privilege it was to love on those amazing college aged girls and families who were guests at trail west.

jason then got to go to capernaum camp, where he had one of the best week’s of his life. followed by 2 GLORIOUS weeks in tallahassee and my favorite week of the year- family garden city beach vacation.

and last week, we were so blessed to be a part of tallahassee young life’s camp trip to sharp top cove. oh wow. picture this, 74 teenagers, 15 leaders, 7 days of non stop fun. kids getting the chance to be kids. leaving behind things that teenagers should never have to see. they got to experience the Love of the Lord in every moment, whether they realized it or not. and I, casey, got to be a part of it. i am still blown away that the Lord is using me in the lives of teenagers. i feel so inadequate, and yet there He is- calling me to walk beside them and love them all the more.

i LOVE weeklong younglife camp. i LOVE that we get to bring teenagers that we have been pursuing all year to what we guarantee will be the best week of their lives. i LOVE that younglife camps stand up to that claim. i LOVE that kids who are angry getting off the bus on day one wishing they never came are the same kids who are laughing and smiling on day 7, never wanting to leave. i LOVE that real transformation happens when we begin to understand the depth of REAL LOVE… the LOVE of Christ.

as my teenage friends came home this week, many of them choosing to live in the reality of Christ’s love for them for the first time. they have a new sense of their value and identity- no longer trapping that in who they used to be, but surrounding it in the promise God makes to us in 2 corinthians 5:17- that the old is gone and the new is here. we are new creations. when one chooses to live in the reality of LOVE, it changes everything. it sends everything into a whirlwind… causing radical change. in the best way.

i hope and pray that if you’re reading this, that you might know deeply right now that you too are LOVED DEEPLY and immeasurably. no matter what. no matter who you think you are, what you’ve done, where you think you’re going. HE LOVES YOU. “you [insert name here] are my BELOVED, with you i am well pleased.”

i leave you with 6 snapshots into the lives of my friends and their week’s at sharp top.

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