Today on the blog, I’d love to share a special God story with you. This story isn’t necessarily mine to tell, but I did watch it unfold, every little detail, and I can tell you it’s a story worth sharing. God stories alway are...

On February 1st, the day after his 18th birthday, Caleb had an interview for an internship. Mind you, this wasn’t some random internship he happened upon. This was THE opportunity he’d been anticipating for about two years now. You see, after he attended Summit (summer of 2019) in Manitou Springs, Colorado, he knew that the summer after his first year of college (2021), he wanted to be a video team intern for the ministry. So, as soon as applications for summer interns opened this year, he submitted his, and prayed God would open the door and make a way to work for a ministry so very instrumental in his spiritual growth — a ministry with a message he was passionate about and would gladly help share through his video work.

Fast forward a few weeks to the end of February when Caleb received the dreaded email — you know the one, “We loved getting to know you. Your resume looks great. You have so much potential, BUT we’ve hired another candidate. We hope you apply again next summer.” Basically, it was the nicest rejection letter ever (and was even followed up with a gift from the guys who oversee the video interns). So, even in his devastation from missing out on the job, he was extremely encouraged by just being a part of the process. He knew then, it obviously was not God’s plan for this summer, and he moved on to Plan B, which he quickly had to figure out since summer was approaching, and in his excitement about Summit, he really hadn’t thought about other options.

He reached out to a local video production company he had job shadowed and interned with while in high school, and was waiting to hear back from them.

And now is the perfect time to talk about God‘s perfect timing…

In September 2020, I was asked to speak at a women’s conference in Travelers Rest, South Carolina at Look Up Lodge, a camp that was very near and dear to my heart. I grew up going there as a camper and then worked there the summer of 1995 while in college as a camp counselor. I’ve always wanted my family to see/experience this special place, and when the invitation to speak was extended to me, it was also extended to my entire family to come along and spend the weekend at Look Up.

March 12-14, 2021 we did just that! We made the 10 hour road trip to Travelers Rest, SC with a stop half way in Lynchburg, VA to pick up Caleb. While we were there, some of the staff members took time to talk to Caleb, show him around camp, and tell him all about a summer staff position (for college students). Caleb was immediately interested because he loved what he saw and experienced during that God ordained, perfectly timed trip to LUL, but he had to quickly apply for the job since the application deadline was the Monday after that weekend!

He was yet again excited about an opportunity God had literally and instantly provided (unlike the waiting and anticipating for the Summit internship). So, he quickly got to work, completed the application, had a zoom interview, and was offered the position. He immediately accepted the position because not only had he already been praying about what he should do this summer, he was also watching God answer those prayers by orchestrating the details that had led him to this point, and there was no denying the hand of God in establishing the work of Caleb’s hands this summer.

And had this God story ended there, it would have been enough — a tale worth telling and retelling, giving God glory for writing such a timely story.

But God. He’s always extra, ya know. More than enough because He likes going over and above…