No Place I'd Rather Be
As a child, there was no place I'd rather be than... Camping! Yup. It's one of my fondest young memories. As a child, I loved everything about camping from the pre-trip packing to setting up the campsite. I couldn't wait to go swimming in the lake or have dinner on paper plates at the picnic table. Sleeping in a sleeping bag and singing around the campfire were wonderful. T he best thing about camping was being with my family. As great as camping was there is one thing that surpasses that experience by far. As a young adult, I put Psalm 27:4 to memory because this verse tells best my favorite place to be. One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. There are distractions around every corner of our lives. Things that pull our focus from the importance of gathering toge