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Volume. XX, No. 48 Recollections of Easter Family Bible Camp 2006We praise and thank God for Rev and Mrs Colin Wong for coming to our Easter camp to minister to us. We learnt much from the messages from our camp speaker and the children thoroughly enjoyed the lessons conducted by Mrs Phoebe Wong.
The theme of this year’s camp was “Christian Living” and the theme verse was: “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked” (1 John 2:6). We benefited from Rev. Wong’s messages and most of us who attended the camp would have learnt that “Love one Another” is a sure mark of a true Christian. ”Love one Another” is surely deeply imprinted in our memory. Prayer was indeed a highlight of the camp. We heard a powerful message entitled “The Place of Prayer in the Life of God’s People”. In times of need we are reminded to go to the throne of Grace and to call upon the name of the Lord. We were all moved to pray, really pray. After the Good Friday evening message, Hopefuls went on their knees for between ten and twenty minutes to pray following each message. We learnt to come to God praising and worshiping Him. We were able to bring to our God our confessions, desires, ambitions and gratefulness for all mercies and gifts so freely bestowed upon us. “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). Rev Wong taught us from The Scriptures about mercy ministries. Lessons derived from the Old and New Testaments were delivered. Mercy is not an option and we are apt to invent many excuses why we should not be involved. We should give but not give only what we have in excess. The lesson reminded me of how easy it was to freely give items of little or no value to others when we visited third world countries. Human suffering when falling ill is a reality we have to confront. It was a difficult message that Rev Wong had to deliver. In the midst of suffering we are reminded that we can all experience tranquility. What a blessing it is to know this truth. We were challenged by Rev Wong to read and study our Bible and to practice the truths expounded. If we obey God’s word we will find peace and tranquility in suffering. I praise and thank God for giving my family and I His peace when we had to journey and stay at camp, so soon after the trauma we had so recently gone through, and so near to Victor Harbor. We all have one life to live. How important it is then to value our time and to ensure we finish off well. How old we are is not a determinant of when we will die. The end of life comes unexpectedly for many. For some, there is illness and eventual succumbing to death, while for many death comes suddenly and swiftly. So let us take up the challenge to run our race well so that we may finish well. What we do for Christ will reap a reward while that what we achieve materially will be left behind on this earth when we face our eventual death. Let us therefore put to practice all the lessons from our Easter camp on Christian living and ensure that we will run and finish our race well. Dn David Yeo |
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