How I came closer to Christ

Our theme at girls camp this year was “Rock solid”, and in that (and along with most activities) we try to become more like our Savior Jesus Christ. Christ is “Rock solid”, he is perfect and throughout his life he cast away Satan and his temptations. He was and is the perfect example.

    The thing we focused on most at camp was service, Christ was diffidently “Rock solid” in service. Something that really stuck out to me at girls camp was how quickly the wards worked together and found service projects all around, and how easily they served others.
We had a board that the Jr. leaders placed sticky notes on, and had written on each an act of service we had noticed that day, and for each note we could put a gold nugget in a gold panning pan. And our goal was to have so many “hearts of gold” that we could fill the whole pan and wall.
    Watching the girls work together and going the extra mile looked easier to me, because of their great attitudes, and knowledge that this was how they could become closer to the savior.     
Dreading our chore of cleaning the bathrooms one of the days, being surprised to find that someone had beat us to it.
    The happiness we had felt and the others had for serving others made camp an amazing experience.  And I’m proud to say that we did cover that wall with acts of service and that pan full of gold nuggets.  This being one of the many ways we can come closer to our Savior and our Heavenly Father.
    One of my favorite songs is “This is the Christ” and I would like to share with you the words, as I expound on them as well. And it goes:

    “I read the words, the words he prayed, while bearing sorrow in Gethsemane”

I read the words in the scriptures when Christ prayed, praying to God, the Deity we as Latter day saints believe in. Suffering for all man kind, bleeding from every pore, and for all physical, mental, and spiritual pain and anguish.

“I feel his love, the price he paid, how many drops of blood were spilled for me?”

He loved me, and ALL so much that he even God the greatest of all trembled because of pain. How much pain did I cause him?

“With saints of old, in joyful cry, I to can testify, this is the Christ”

Jesus’ apostles and all who followed him, and I believe and can testify. He is Jesus Christ, Gods only begotten son.

“This is the Christ, the healer of our souls, who ransomed us with love Divine.”

This is Jesus Christ. Atoning for ALL mankind so that they can have a 2nd, or 3rd or as many chances as they need to return back to our Father, which is God, Jesus our brother. Jesus Christ our Redeemer, and Savior suffered and died for all mankind with love so strong we cannot even comprehend. He felt not only our painful thoughts, but he also felt Cancer, he felt being stabbed in the back, he felt Hell itself and yet he is so forgivable, and says as we spit on his face “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

    I think girls camp really prepared me for this last weekend where I was privileged to be able to attend Youth conference for our stake, I was pleased to be able to make lots of good friends, and work on Christlike attributes such as: Patience, love, friendship, service, teamwork, and also leadership.

The activities and just the idea of what they taught brought me closer to my Savior. Becoming close to my Savior makes me happier and I don’t think I could have ever been happier then I am right now, I have a family who loves me and cares for me, I have a good education and am excited to learn from here on, I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints,  and I have good friends who love me and care about me and want the best for me, I know with our Saviors help we can return back to the presence of our father in heaven.

Watching the girls serve at girls camp was so powerful, because you could see the light of Christ and true happiness shine in their eyes.

This year at girls camp is a year I will never forget and I can just say that it has been my favorite, and it did bring me closer to Jesus Christ.