JUNE 3 - 7
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
SENIOR HIGH
San Antonio, TX - www.communitybible.com
THEME: MOTION
SELFLESS LOVE
By Caroline Cunningham, Summer Ministry Team
D
uring my ?rst week of training at
Camp Tejas, I realized that this
little miss priss was going to get
dirty. And to be completely honest, I was
not looking forward to it. From sweating to
scraped knees, I was quickly experiencing foreign concepts that I never hoped
to encounter. I could not wear normal
clothes; I was stuck in t-shirts and work
out shorts with my hair pulled back. I felt
like I was turning into a boy. I had served
people before, but not to this degree and
I did not fully understand what it meant
to get dirty and put myself aside.
I was fully con?dent that this was
where God wanted me to be, however, I
had no idea why. I continued to question
why God placed me in an atmosphere
that was so far away from my comfort
zone. With the camp theme being “serve
as Christ served” ( Mark 10:45), I started
to realize that not all aspects of this job
were going to be enjoyable. I wondered
why God sent His Beloved Son to serve
such vile creatures and then make it a
point for us to serve others. Then I realized the reason why serving is so crucial. Human beings thrive on pride and
serving goes against everything in our
?esh. It tears down every shred of pride
in our inner beings. Scripture states, “...
He humbled Himself becoming obedient
to the point of death...” (Philippians 2:8).
Christ set the example to serve because
serving brings humility and humility produces sel?essness.
When we come to a state of sel?essness, where we are only serving to glorify
God, it is only then when we really experience God’s pure and perfect love.
“If God’s love is not the motive behind ones actions, then those deeds are
dead” (1 Corinthians 13:3).
In life, there are many types of love: the
love you have for your friends, the love
you have for your family, and the love you
have for your “signi?cant other.” I do not
believe that love can be de?ned; only ob-
served. Serving is a beautiful act that
shows sel?ess love. Society has made
love to be something shallow, but in truth
it is more profound than any of us can
fathom. Most of the time when we love
someone it is a sel?sh thing; we love only
to receive something in return. The purest form of love, is sel?ess love because
it asks for nothing in return, not even to
be acknowledged.
Look for ways to help
starting on page 33 or go
to www.camptejas.org
THE PRESENT
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