why?

There are so many times you find yourself just asking God why? Sometimes it is in the middle of problems and turmoil and sometimes it is just in the flow of normal life. Like why do we have to gain weight when we eat snickers...why could that not be like the healthy option for mankind? I know that is stupid but other times life really is hard and we are left asking why the sickness, why death, why pain, or why heartache? This spring i was in the middle of one of those why moments when we pushed our first middle school camp here at GCC. We took the largest group of high school students GCC has taken to Bigstuf but as we pumped middle school camp we hit a wall. We struggled to get families to even think about it. Most of the families here at GCC really did not have it on their radar or they did not feel their kids were ready. As a guy passionate about middle school kids falling in love with Jesus this broke my heart. I just could not understand what God was doing. Now here at Student Life camp with 8 boys and 2 leaders, just 10 of us i get it. God has a plan! I think we found our location for middle school camp at GCC and it is located at Shocco Springs AL. Just an amazing place. Pools, great lodging, great worship space, paintball, an aqua jump, basketball courts and the programming of Student Life work together to make a sweet spot to have kids encounter God. This place is wild. God was also getting my attention, to value what he values. As a student leader i love the BIG, the huge NUMBERS, the momentum. God revealed 8 guys who are incredible and who he loves very much. God is so thrilled these boys are at camp and that we get to invest in them. God is just teaching me one again to be content with what he is happy about. His joy should be enough for me. His mission must be enough for me. God has given me some answers this week and this is why we are here...