Tabernacle

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It is amazing how one week in your life can completely change it. Just one week out of the thousands that we live through can completely turn our life around. Mind racing, imagination chugging down the tracks like a train, this is what I thought about when I was on my way to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Green trees surrounded this place, the bright flashing water rushing from all around you, the smell of the flowers and streams fills your lungs. This place is called Falls Creek in Davis Oklahoma, this is a place where people go to get closer to christ. I was never a really good christian and I was forced by my girlfriend to go because she begged me to saying, “It is a life changing experience!” I did not believe her lies but now I realize after the fact that I was …show more content…

There was tons and tons of people and it was boiling. Sweating, all the time, that is how everyone felt. It was like a huge blanket was being draped over the entirety of the camp and we were just baking like potatoes in an oven. There were hills surrounding us so there was little to no breeze. It was just a hot, busy, crowded desert. But that is not important, the important thing is when it came time for Tabernacle every evening. Tabernacle is when all 7000 of us go into this huge auditorium and listen to a brave speaker preach the lord’s word. Boring is what I thought it was, at first. Boring is definitely not the right word for it. I have never been saved before and I have never really believed in him. But when I was sitting there, with all of my friends from Verdigris I felt at home. I did not feel intimidated by the huge crowd, or being in a place or position I have never experienced before, I felt comfortable and happy for once in a long time. There I felt happy, then I realized that this is what it is like to be with the lord. I felt filled with joy and filled with a good feeling of happiness. I felt complete with

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