Unseen Answer

Once there was a man in the middle of a lake. He had gotten a cramp and could no longer swim the distance he set for himself, let alone swim to survive. As he began to struggle with staying afloat he prayed to his heavenly father begging him to save him. He had faith in his father so when a boat passed by and offered their assistance he denied saying “my god will save me.”  A short while later another float approached him asking him to get on the boat. He again replied “no thanks, my god will save me”. After the boat had gone out of sight, he died. When death engulfed him and he was able to see his maker he asked “god, why didn’t you save me?” god then replied, “I sent you 2 boats”.

End of story

So there I was once again surrounded by the pressure that those words would bring to the enjoyable conversation I was having with my family. My older brother Jordan had stated that there was an open position at Bear Lakes Aquatics Base.

He and my sister and brother were all employed there this summer. They have been living at the lake during the week and occasionally coming home on the weekends.

This same statement has been mentioned several times before, with the same events to follow so what happens next was predicted the second those words left his lips. My mother immediately looked at me as if silently urging me to accept the job. My sister and her new boyfriend, who also works there, started pressuring me to join their scout camp crew. “It’s so much fun!” “Look at the view” “you’ll get paid so much more” “you can leave chick-fil-a” The same bickering comments that were shed countless times before. Only this time they felt different. It wasn’t the words themselves; it was the timing and the opportune moment…

For weeks now I have praying to heavenly father asking him to bless me with a job that I will get enough hours at so that I will be able to afford college in the fall. No jobs have come up, except this one. This one job that I have turned down on numerous occasions. But, this time the story that I shared at the beginning of this crossed my mind. I thought to myself, how can I turn down what he is so clearly trying to give me?

It took one minute of courage, one minute to forget all the fun my friends would have back home, one minute to forget the money I had already invested into my summer at home. In that one minute was when I decided to work at Bear Lake Aquatics Base.

Why was it this job that continued to pop up? I don’t know yet but I know that god does, and that it is for a good reason. Maybe it is to help me to become more independent for my mission. Or maybe I will be living in similar living conditions on my mission. Or possibly I could meet my husband there. Those are the big reasons I could think of but I’m almost positive this is for a great purpose.