When I was a child, one of my favorite experiences of the summer was going to church camp at Luther Park in Danbury, Wisconsin. One of the most memorable experiences was the time set aside for reading our Bible. When I was alone with my Bible at camp, I learned about the God of creation, and I was renewed – even at that young age. I learned God was a loving God, and God’s world was a beautiful creation.
Recently, I needed to find a place where I could go and renew myself and my relationship with God. I found my new sanctuary back in the place where I found sanctuary as a child. I parked my camper at Luther Park in Danbury. There, again, I found a peaceful place where my dogs and I can go to escape, meet new friends, camp with family, and most important of all, sit outside in God’s beautiful creation to read, study, observe nature and be renewed. God is good, all the time.
Do you have a sanctuary where you can find yourself and renew your relationship with God?
This message is excerpted from “Where is your sanctuary?” by Nancy Giddings from the July 16, 2015, blog of the Women of the ELCA.
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