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This past weekend prayer overnight was so breathtaking. Words cannot even express the acts of servitude and humility that was seen throughout the astonishing camp ground. From the Dining Hall to the Club room prayer and love filled the night. Christ's Beauty was seen everywhere from the trillions of stars seen in the night sky to the magnificent sunrise. I believe as though the 24 hours or so we were there were beyond description and others could totally agree with me. Though it took discipline and much persistence to fast and stay up the entire night, Christ gave us strength and energy i cannot fathom.

Worship. Throughout the day and leading into the night, we would gather in the club room to raise hands, sing at the top of our lungs and praise our Lord Jesus Christ. It was different though from the ordinary Sunday morning at church were you would stand, sing a couple of songs and then sit back down again. There we would stand, kneel and raise hands as though it was just us and Christ singing together. I'm not to sure what love sounds like or if it even has a sound, but i believe that the words of praise and adoration that overflowed from the Club Room could definitely be described as love. I believe that i finally understood the meaning of "worship." That worship is the totall submission of ourselves to Christ, to praise and focus all our attention on how glorious he was, is and is to come.

According to "Websters Dictionary" fasting is defined as abstaining from food. I feel as though fasting is way more than not eating food for a certain amount of time. It takes discipline to deny eating something as little as a cracker and persistence to continue to do so. Abby Redick and I began to fast on Friday night and continued to do so until Sunday when we had our feast (which was so amazing). To be honest there were a couple of times that i felt tempted to eat, but with Abby holding me accountable I overcame those temptations. Fasting to me is a true gift, that as Christians we can give up eating and focus all we have on the God of the Universe.

During the hours at Rockbridge I had the honor to spend time with an amazing friend of mine Abby Redick. I have seen a light of Christ in her like no other. Her love for Christ has truly shown me what humility is all about. We had the awesome opportunity to sit beneath the stars during our quiet time and talk about life, Christ and beauty. Later during the morning between 4 and 7ish we sat in the dining hall reading the word and praying. It was one of my favorite parts of the weekend. We prayed and prayed and prayed. It felt as though we could pray for hours on hours without stopping.

Without a doubt my favorite part of the weekend was watching the sunrise. We left the dinning hall around 7 and stood beside the lake. We gazed beyond the mountain tops as the sun began to climb into the sky. Slowly and gradually the light from the sun began to shine throughout the camp and across the iced over lake. Night became day as time passed. It was such a gorgeous sight to see and I could feel the warmth from the sun upon my numb nose. My thoughts began to tumble and I started to think of how God loves us so much. That he would create a sunrise and sunset, name every star and give them light, change the colors of the leaves, command the waves to come this far and not further and give life during the spring for all of us. Does Christ love me that much? Did he do that for me? Could he actually love me for who I am? Without a doubt in his mind he did all that for me and he loves me beyond measure.

"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:6-8