With God, All Things Are Possible

March 11, 2017

Day 70:  God Will Make A Way:
"Jesus looked at them intently and said, 'Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible." —Matthew 19:26

In today's lesson Anderson shares a personal story of how the above scripture applied to his life. Coming from a poor family, Anderson did not have money for medical school. He was left with three choices, join the military to earn the money, take out a huge loan, or join a "relatively new program called National Health Service Corps (NHSC)." The program would allow him to pay for tuition and have $500.00 per month for living expenses. "In exchange, [he] would be required to practice primary care medicine in a poor, rural county for a specified time." Working for the poor is exactly what he wanted to do, so he signed on with NHSC. Upon finishing his residency, he was asked to serve in Ashland City, Tennessee, but the area did not have an NHSC sanctioned site. Truly feeling called to Ashland, Dr. Anderson and his wife began to pray. The local community leaders sent Anderson to Washington DC, "to beg the NHSC to reinstate Ashland City." The official word was no. Things didn't look very good, so to follow his heart, Anderson defaulted on his loan and was told to "expect a certified letter in the mail in the next few weeks detailing his fines." Two weeks later when Anderson opened the letter, to his surprise, the letter said, "Congratulations! You have been assigned to Ashland City, Tennessee. Please report for duty on July 1, 1983."

Anderson ends with, "Be ready to follow where God leads. Some things only he can make possible."

The one happening in my life that I can say without a doubt was all God is the reconciliation of my step-brother Glen's relationship with his father. My brother Todd and I prayed for that to happen for many years, but it definitely felt impossible. Glen's mother had warped and twisted his view of his father for countless years. She made Bob out to be evil and abusive. Glen wanted nothing to do with him. The last time Bob saw Glen, he was five years old; Glen is now 41. Up until a few years ago, they had not even spoken. Then, a miracle happened. Glen contacted Teri, Bob's wife, and began to reach out to him. As I mentioned in a former post, they met on Thanksgiving a few years ago and they have been getting together frequently ever since. If I were to receive no other undeniably God moment in my life again, this one would suffice for eternity. I couldn't be happier for Bob and Glen.