impossible is possible

Counseling at a Christian camp is something I have always wanted to do, but with the cost of college rising and the amount of decent paying jobs dwindling, I just never thought it would be possible.


I never should have doubted my God, He can do the impossible.

During the fall semester, Dave Keck, program director at Southland Christian Camp, visited Maranatha to recruit college students for the summer. I have always wanted to counsel at a camp while in college. And counseling at Southland would be a dream come true!


My brother, Craig, & I sat and talked with him for a couple hours, but we just didn’t think it would be possible. All four of us siblings were in college that semester & money was tight. God had been faithful to provide for my school bill in the past, but I was hesitant to ask Him to provide for even more. The only way camp would be possible would be if the Lord gave Craig & I the military scholarship we were waiting for.


Looking back, I can see that I doubted that God could do the impossible. I had forgotten His promise from Luke1:37: “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Without completely understanding why, knowing now that it was the Lord’s will, I filled out an application to work at Southland.


And soon forgot about it.

In January, the Lord provided the military scholarship Craig & I had been waiting on. The finances appropriated were enough to cover the spring and next fall semester. With finances for school taken care of, I began praying that the Lord would give me an opportunity to minister this summer. Camp still seemed impossible, so I applied to go on a missions trip with the college. Soon after being accepted, I felt the Lord leading me to decline attending the trip.


“What’s going on, Lord?” I thought. “I want to minister for you this summer in some capacity!”


I had no reason to worry or doubt God’s providence. He knew exactly what He was doing.


A few weeks after declining the ministry I thought I had been praying for, the Lord opened a door I wasn’t expecting & fulfilled one of my life-long dreams.


Mike Herbster, director of Southland, emailed me one afternoon asking if I was still interested in working at the camp in Louisiana for the summer. The excuse that I had given Dave in the fall was invalid: I didn’t need to spend my summer working at home to make my down payment, God had already supplied that.


The door was wide open. The dream I thought impossible was a possibility.


God truly can do the impossible.