Well, here goes nothing!

I've done the whole blog thing before, to some measure of degree. Now I'm going to change it up a little. This is going to be a blog about life, particularly my own, with a focus on the work that Christ is doing inside me. I'm tempted to be overly spiritual and deep, so if you notice any of that, point it out to me. I don't want this to be fake, but something I can use to work out my own thoughts as well as help out the body, however God wants to do that.

A few things: the address, leavingthecamp, comes from Hebrews 13:13, "So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come."

I chose "leaving the camp" because that is the goal of my life. To go out there, where He is, and get up on that cross with Him, and experience all that He has to offer. But so often I run the other way and go to the middle of the camp, hiding in some basket or closet, trying not to lose the one thing He wants to take from me, my life. I hold on to the one thing that will kill me. But He keeps calling, and His voice is sweet, powerful, majestic. I can't resist it. So my life is spent leaving this camp, looking for the true city.

The picture goes along with it. I really like this picture. Looking to the horizon, looking for the city, looking for our Groom. It's cool because that is a lioness. Our Husband is the Lion, and our call is to look for Him, to seek Him. The entire job of the Church is to look for our Beloved and enjoy Him when we find Him. Always looking foward, forgetting what's behind, because He isn't behind us, or else He wouldn't have said "Follow Me."