A story to ponder...

Often at work I share this story with clients because I feel it revoluntionized my life. When I was 19 I was working at summer camp as a cabin leader (most good things I learned in life I learn at camp.) It was c0-ed grade 4-6 kids. I had the cabin from hell! They were constantly getting into trouble i was frustrated and wanted to strangle them. The only positive was that I was getting some good sympathy from the female counsellors. One day I was walking down the path to my cabin with a fellow cabin leader, who by profession was a military chaplin. I said to him "no one would want my cabin!" To which he replied "I would." I of course was caught off guard as I did not expect that response, so then I replied "Well I guess you would do a better job with them?" Then to my greater surprise he responded "No, I would struggle as much as you, but I am jealous about what God is preparing you for, because to go through an experience like this He must be preparing you for something amazing!" I have lived an amazing life so far. I have travelled to foreign countries, over come many personal obstactles, made wonderful friends, and I know it has only begun. I look at the week at camp as major turning point in my life. Struggling through that week moulded me to be able to overcome so much. The funny thing is that I have cabin lead a number of cabins. That is the only cabin in which I remember all the boys! And when I think about it I always smile!