I love my job.
To some that is just 4 words forming a sentence. Others use it as a motivation repeated multiple times in the most sarcastic ways as possible just to get through a hard day. For me it is neither just a sentence and it is in absolutely no way sarcastic, but one of the most serious and genuine things that I can say.
It started out as the Sky Ranch Summer Staff theme of 2010 and a motivation to keep going somedays that being at the ranch was the hardest thing in the world to do- but in no way was it sarcastic. We used it to remember that we're working to finish strong and to know that we're going to have rough times, but we ultimately love our jobs and are working towards the end goal and the impact that the Lord makes in the kids lives at camp. As I wrote those words I realized that I no longer had a job at Sky and I would most likely never have a job at sky again and I thought about deleting the words from the page... then it hit me- my job at the ranch is not the job that I love.
The love that I have for Sky Ranch is because I love the job that the Lord has given to me and placed on my heart- the job of loving people and telling them about the Lord. Sky Ranch is the tool for which I was able to use for the duration of three of my summers- and I love the place of Sky Ranch, but my love for my job does not rest in the ranch. My job extends way past the ranch.
My job is to take the relationships and contacts that the Lord has given to me (with a lot of them being through Sky Ranch) and taking and nourishing and strengthening them while pointing them towards the Lord. I love my job.
I had an awesome conversation this morning with one of my co-counselors and those conversations are something that I can't even begin to describe how precious they are to me. I love the intimacy and honesty that we are able to have with one another and the encouragement that is able to come from that. Just another aspect of my job that I love- being able to work with people that want to love the Lord as well and work along side you. I love my job.
Facebook is amazing. I love that I can still know what is going on in many of my campers lives. Whenever one of them pops up on my news feed, I love being able to share in their joys and sorrows and encourage them or point them back in the direction of Christ when I need to. I hope that I am able to live in a way that is encouraging to them and they know that sometimes its hard, but that it's totally worth living for Jesus Christ and pursuing Him with your life. I love answering questions! I hope any camper I had in a cabin has heard me say that at least 3 times each- because I love them- it challenges me in becoming firm in what I believe and I hope that I can try to explain what I believe in a way that helps others become more firm in what they believe. Man, I love my job.
I am not working at Sky- but I have had the awesome opportunity to be able to work somewhere where I will still have the opportunity to be around kids and teach them about God and the awesome things that He has done for them and how much He loves them- no matter what. I can work around staff that will be so much fun and I love. I am off for an adventure and I'm ready for it. I love my job, and although it's at a new place, with different people, and a different company, and everything is very different- it's still a part of my job.
I love my job. I love my job. I love my job.
